Technical question about zeolite

sirdarksol · October 25th, 2008

This is one for the chemistry majors, minors, and not-quite-completers, and it may be too open-ended to properly answer.

How many milligrams of nitrates can be absorbed by a single gram of zeolite?

Followup question (for this one, the mathematicians can join in):
If I have one PPM of nitrate in 60L (roughly 60kg, ignoring difference of temp) of water, that's 60mg of nitrates, correct?

angelfish220 · October 25th, 2008

I cant answer the question straight out but I think that this might help
http://www.jeelm.vgtu.lt/upload/envi...2008-1-maz.pdf

soldieroffortune1974 · October 25th, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by sirdarksol

If I have one ppm of nitrate in 60L (roughly 60kg, ignoring difference of temp) of water, that's 60mg of nitrates, correct?

correct......1mg/L = 1ppm 60mg would be accurate

mg to kg conversion:
mg/kg = 0.001/1000 = 0.000001 = 1/1,000,000 = ppm

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