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The best way to dissolve
Having an issue dissolving pink salt to create a solution. I am trying to “tweek” a custom formula into grams that hasn’t work.
the original formula used 6 lbs to a 1gallon. The process is super slow.
I am wondering with this difficulty how would this be done in manufacturing?
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9 Replies
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I am not sure I understand your process, are you dissolving pink salt in water?
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That seems like a lot of sodium chloride. Solubility at 25C is only 360g to 1000g water. So 3 lb NaCl to 8.33 lb water (1 gal).
Are you trying to saturate a water solution, or are you doing something else like a suspension?
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Pink salt? You mean that stuff also called Himalaya salt which it’s most often mined (or forged) in the Pakistan privince of Punjab about 2000 kilometres away from the Himalayas?
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Yes, Himalayan salt. I am trying to work with a DIY process that was given to me to see if it works or not. I am noticing the process really can’t be done the way it was given to me.
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First crush the salt to turn it to powder. Then dissolve it very easily in water. No problem.
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No.. I wouldn’t have written here if it was that easy. Salt only has 30-35% solubility in water. I was testing a DIY project that was given to me to see if it could be reproduced the way they did it with the same results. Thank you for the in put.
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If the “salt” was sodium nitrate you could dissolve that much in water. So, if you did a blend of sodium nitrate and sodium chloride you could probably get your 6lbs to a gallon ratio.
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Since we’re already drifting OT: why not go with ammonium nitrate instead and, quite literally, get more bang for your buck :smiley: .Seriously, that pink salt might actually be manganese sulfate monohydrate which has a solubility just slightly above the 6 lbs per gallon??BTW heating can speed up dissolution but, in case of sodium chloride, won’t increase solubility much (other salts are soluble at considerably higher % in hot water and will crystallise out upon cooling).
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A seriously good idea…. my DIY person is stuck on pink salt as being the magical cure….
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