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Old 01/10/2008, 09:32 AM
Sparty00 Sparty00 is offline
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ppm to dkh conversion

Can anyone point me to a site where I can get the conversion from ppm to dkh for Alkalinity test results? I recently purchased the lamotte test kit and it gives results in ppm.

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Old 01/10/2008, 09:37 AM
Randy Holmes-Farley Randy Holmes-Farley is offline
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1 meq/L = 2.8 dKH = 50 ppm calcium carbonate equivalents

In general, this may help:

The Units of Measure of Reefkeeping
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-08/rhf/index.php


and here's a calculator:

http://saltyzoo.com/SaltyCalcs/AlkConv.php
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