I recently bough the Carbonate Hardness/Alkalinity Test kit from Salifert. I have a few of their other kits and really like them. This test, however, is a bit difficult for me to understand. Anyone else use this kit now or previously?
First of all what does how can hardness determine alkalinity? From all my research alkalinity is the reverse of acidic; in other words, any pH reading above 7.0. My understanding of Carbonate Hardness is the bufferability of the water (basically, how difficult it is to change pH). Am I grossly mis-understanding?
Secondly, could someone explain what the chart that comes with the test means? I just don't know if my water is hard, medium, or soft. After testing my water I came up with .66ml's. On the chart it has two columns after this:
--my KH value in dKH is: 5.4 (is this hard/soft, what's avg?)
--my Alkalinity in meq/L is: 1.94 (what does this mean?)
Thanks alot for any help.
First of all what does how can hardness determine alkalinity? From all my research alkalinity is the reverse of acidic; in other words, any pH reading above 7.0. My understanding of Carbonate Hardness is the bufferability of the water (basically, how difficult it is to change pH). Am I grossly mis-understanding?
Secondly, could someone explain what the chart that comes with the test means? I just don't know if my water is hard, medium, or soft. After testing my water I came up with .66ml's. On the chart it has two columns after this:
--my KH value in dKH is: 5.4 (is this hard/soft, what's avg?)
--my Alkalinity in meq/L is: 1.94 (what does this mean?)
Thanks alot for any help.