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["Christopher Mauchline" <mauch1@aol.com>]

If I'm remembering correctly a burette is used for titrations, it is 
basically a long narrow (glass) tube with precise graduations etched 
in its side and a stopcock at the bottom.  It allows precise 
measurements of how much of a chemical has been added to a solution.

To be honest I don't use one, I use cheap plastic syringes.  Not as 
precise, but then I only want to know approximately my total Acidity.

I believe Presque Isle Winery (which sells wine-making supplies via 
catalog), sells burettes, but they don't list them online, you'd have 
to send for their paper catalog:  http://www.piwine.com
There may be cheaper sources.

Chris Mauchline
SE PA, zone 6 

--- In nafex@egroups.com, hector black <hblack@T...> wrote:
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Mauchline <mauch1@a...>
> 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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