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Technical Note: Proper Use of The Unit mg as CaCO 3 /L
Author(s) -
Jenkins S. Rod,
Morgan Joe M.,
Nicol JeanPaul
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1987.tb02911.x
Subject(s) - alkalinity , equivalent , confusion , carbonate , calcium carbonate , chemistry , unit (ring theory) , inorganic chemistry , mineralogy , mathematics , organic chemistry , biochemistry , psychology , mathematics education , psychoanalysis
The unit milligrams as calcium carbonate per litre (mg as CaCO 3 /L) should be used consistently to express charge equivalents of a solution. Confusion arises if this unit is used to express carbonate equivalents. Using consistent units (mg as CaCO 3 /L for charge equivalents), the total carbonate species (C T ) was shown to be equal to the sum of the alkalinity and the acidity.