Safety
SDS Sheets: Available upon request on all chemicals used in this process.
PPE: The following should be worn by all lab personnel during brine washing:
- Splash goggle
- Lab coat
- Gloves
Preparation
Required Materials/Media:
- Carbon Chemistry Sodium Bicarbonate
- Citric Acid
- Distilled Water
- Salt
- pH Meter/Test Strips
- Stirrer
Procedure
- Prepare 60 parts saline (1-5% Salt to distilled water)
- Separate saline into 3 equal volumes
- Use citric acid to bring the pH of one volume of saline to pH 4
- Use sodium bicarbonate to bring the pH of one volume of saline to pH 8
- Add pH 4 saline to reactor
- Mix for 10 minutes
- Drain saline
- Repeat steps 7-9 with pH 8 saline
- Repeat steps 7-9 with remaining neutral pH saline