CDS Instead of MMS?

jb13 this is not branish but i myself will be starting with crystals. I foolishly thought that if i used 3 x the water and 3 x the ca I could do it but I now realize that all I have is the 10% still. In other words I put 3 tbs of the crystals and 9 tbs of the water x 3. now I have 10% that I have to use!!! Im thinking that everyone reading this will be saying what a nut

not a nut you just didnt know like myself. thats what the forum is for questions and answers and info.

Quoting someone else, for citric acid crystal:

"The best way to explain percent solutions is with a few examples. To make a 1% glucose solution, grab a 100 ml bottle, add 1 gram of glucose to your bottle and bring the volume up to 100 ml. To make a 15% NaCl solution, grab a 100 ml bottle, add 15 grams of NaCl to your bottle, and bring the volume up to 100 ml. To make a 35% citric acid solution, grab a 100 ml bottle, add 35 grams of citric acid to your bottle, and bring the volume up to 100 ml. Easy eh?"

If you have 50% citric acid already and want to convert it to 35%, do the following:

Converting 50% citric acid to 35%
Whatever volume of 50% citric acid you have can easily be increased and converted to 35% by multiplying your current volume of 50% citric acid by 1.4286.

CA Conversion Example 1
You have 120ml of 50% citric acid and want to convert it all to 35% citric acid:
120ml x 1.4286 = 171.43ml (just add enough water to the 120ml to end up with 171.43ml)

CA Conversion Example 2
You have 55ml of 50% citric acid and want to convert it all to 35% citric acid:
55ml x 1.4286 = 78.57ml (just add enough water to the 55ml to end up with 78.57ml)

Hope that helps,
Scott

Hi Scott

Please correct me if I'm wrong but a 35% solution is by weight of both the substance and the water?

Therefore if this is true an example of a 35% solution would be 35g citric acid and add 100g water (not 100ml water) as there is a slight difference?

Or would it be add 65g water to total 100g of both?

Swimmer:

You are correct and so is Scott.

By definition 1 ml of water is 1 gram

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gram

Great thanks fourfingerz! Sorry if I added any further confusion!

I made 50% citric acid solution by weighing 50 grams citric acid crystals and weighing 50 grams distilled water and adding together. Is this then right?

If this is correct, then I think you would similarly make 35% citric acid solution by weighing 35 grams citric acid crystals and weighing 65 grams distilled water and adding together. Is this correct?

Swimmer that is correct.

Of the total 100g solution, 35% or 35g of the 100g is CA, and the rest is 65% or 65g DW.

If 1% or 1g of the 100g was CA then you would have a 1% CA solution.