Can someone with a hydrometer please tell me how many ounces or grams of salt to put in one gallon of water to achieve a 1% salt solution? I tried using a pickling calculator and the darn thing can't even agree with it's own math. Thanks! Dana
Need help from someone with a hydrometer.
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There's a formula that I found, I couldn't remember it from my intro chem courses, at this site http://www.hometrainingtools.com/a/making-chemical-solutions-science-teaching-tip
grams= (% of final solution)x(ml of solution)/(100-% of final solution)
Their example:
As an example, to make 100 ml of 10% NaCl (table salt) solution, use the previous formula to find out how much NaCl you need:
grams of NaCl = (10) x (100) ÷ (100 - 10) = 11.1 g
Now you can make your solution: dissolve 11.1 g NaCl in 100 ml of water.
There's 4546.09 ml in a gallon so
grams =(1x4546.09)/99
this comes out to 45.92 grams of salt
grams= (% of final solution)x(ml of solution)/(100-% of final solution)
Their example:
As an example, to make 100 ml of 10% NaCl (table salt) solution, use the previous formula to find out how much NaCl you need:
grams of NaCl = (10) x (100) ÷ (100 - 10) = 11.1 g
Now you can make your solution: dissolve 11.1 g NaCl in 100 ml of water.
There's 4546.09 ml in a gallon so
grams =(1x4546.09)/99
this comes out to 45.92 grams of salt