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goatherder

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Can one of you chemistry gurus give me a hand here?

I'm using tank water for my brewing and I've done a really simple colour strip test on it. The results are as follows:

Total hardness as CaC03 (ppm) - approx 250
Total and free chlorine - bugger all
pH - approx 6.8
Total Alkalinity (ppm) - approx 80

I'm looking for some direction to translate these results into a water profile which I can use as a baseline in Beersmith.

I understand that this is a poor excuse for a proper water analysis, but can I use these results get a good guess as to levels of calcium, bicarbonates etc?
 
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