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Name: CARBON DIOXIDE
CAS No.: 124-38-9
Chemical Formula: CO2
Description:
NAS/CWIC 010-82
Formula Weight: 48.1
A colorless, odorless, nonflammable gas, weighing 1.977
g/liter at 0°C and at a pressure of 760 mm of mercury.
Solubility in water: one volume/volume of water and its
solutions are acid.
Use:
Used primarily after lime softening as a stabilization
agent to convert carbonates to bicarbonates.
Purity Requirements:
A maximum dosage of 100 mg of carbon dioxide/liter of
water was considered, and at that dosage commercially
available 99.5% purity carbon dioxide is not known to
contribute any contaminants that adversely affect the
potability of drinking water.
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