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  • From: hector black <hblack@TWLakes.Net>
  • To: nafex@egroups.com
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Wine pH and Acidity (offsubject) was: Re: soil ph, measuring
  • Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 15:59:17 -0700


-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Mauchline <mauch1@aol.com>
To: nafex@egroups.com <nafex@egroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 12:51 PM
Subject: [nafex] Wine pH and Acidity (offsubject) was: Re: soil ph,
measuring
Hi Chris, Afraid I don't know what a burette is or where one could
purchase one. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks. Hector Black


>> I have heard all kinds of complaints about ph meters. I run a
>couple of
>> hundred titrations on wine a year. It is accurate, dependable and
>> cheap. All you need is a burette, and a couple of common chemicals.
>Titration measures total acidity which is interrelated to pH, but not
>identical to it. When making wine, I care about both, but more about
>the pH. I do titration on my wine (actually my juice/must) as well,
>and am very pleased with the meter that I own (and it is easier than
>titration).
>
>Chris Mauchline
>SE PA, zone 6
>
>--- In nafex@egroups.com, Carolyn Wood <natvwine@c...> wrote:
>> Chris Mauchline wrote:
>> >I have a pH meter for measuring the pH of juice for winemaking. It
>> >is accurate, but not usable on soils. Cost over $200, and the
>sensor
>> >(which supposedly needs replaced often) costs $35.
>>
>> I have heard all kinds of complaints about ph meters. I run a
>couple of
>> hundred titrations on wine a year. It is accurate, dependable and
>> cheap. All you need is a burette, and a couple of common chemicals.
>>
>> Does anyone on the list know how to prepare a standard sample of
>soil
>> for titration to measure ph?
>> Thanks from central Utah, Bob
>
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