Timeline for Acetic acid odor while testing CO2 sensor; can it be easily removed, is there a better way?
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| Jan 31, 2018 at 3:23 | vote | accept | uhoh | ||
| Jan 30, 2018 at 23:08 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackChemistry/status/958477142446280704 | ||
| Jan 30, 2018 at 15:52 | comment | added | uhoh | @J.Ari oh for sure. I think you are right, the acid should be the limiting reagent. (I recently learned about limiting reagents a few weeks ago). | |
| Jan 30, 2018 at 13:55 | comment | added | J. Ari | But the remaining acetic acid would unless you make sure that the acetic acid is the limiting reagent to make your CO2. The odor will dissipate in time if the acetic acid is reacted away. | |
| Jan 30, 2018 at 4:35 | history | edited | uhoh | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 30, 2018 at 4:15 | answer | added | James Gaidis | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 30, 2018 at 3:08 | comment | added | uhoh | @J.Ari Thanks, I wasn't aware that gaseous CO2 would react with baking soda in any significant way. | |
| Jan 30, 2018 at 1:36 | comment | added | J. Ari | A cold trap would be better than trying to pass the gas stream through more baking soda and potentially altering the concentration of the stream to be measured by an unknown amount. Some more details on the proposed test and setup would be helpful. | |
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| Jan 30, 2018 at 0:40 | history | asked | uhoh | CC BY-SA 3.0 |