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Table 6 - 25
Properties of 85% Calcium Nitrate Solutions (at 25°C)
Percent
Weight
Specific
Gravity
(g/cm 3 )
Density
(lb/gal)
85%
Ca(NO 3 ) 2
H 2 O Using
85%
Ca(NO 3 ) 2
(L/m 3 )
Ca(NO 3 ) 2
(mg/L)
Calcium
(mg/L)
Volume
Increase
Factor 85%
Ca(NO 3 ) 2
1 1.005 8.39 10 997 10089 2080 1.002 0.998
2 1.012 8.45 20 993 20043 4191 1.007 0.995
3 1.019 8.5 30 989 30762 5327 1.011 0.993
4 1.026 8.56 41 985 41349 8490 1.016 0.990
5 1.033 8.62 51 980 52105 10680 1.021 0.988
6 1.040 8.68 62 976 63036 12897 1.025 0.985
7 1.047 8.74 73 972 74143 15142 1.030 0.983
8 1.054 8.80 84 968 85429 17416 1.034 0.980
9 1.061 8.85 95 963 96898 19718 1.039 0.977
10 1.068 8.91 106 959 108552 22050 1.044 0.974
11 1.075 8.97 118 954 120395 24411 1.049 0.972
12 1.082 9.03 129 950 132429 26802 1.054 0.969
13 1.090 9.09 141 945 144657 29224 1.059 0.966
14 1.097 9.15 152 940 157083 31676 1.064 0.963
15 1.104 9.21 164 935 169708 34160 1.069 0.960
16 1.111 9.27 175 930 182538 36676 1.074 0.956
17 1.119 9.34 189 925 195573 39224 1.080 0.953
18 1.126 9.40 201 920 208818 41805 1.086 0.950
19 1.134 9.46 214 915 222274 44419 1.092 0.948
20 1.141 9.52 226 910 235946 47067 1.098 0.942
21 1.149 9.58 239 905 249836 49748 1.104 0.939
22 1.156 9.65 252 899 263948 52464 1.111 0.935
23 1.164 9.71 265 894 278283 56215 1.117 0.931
24 1.171 9.78 279 888 292846 58001 1.124 0.927
25 1.179 9.84 292 882 307538 60823 1.132 0.922
26 1.187 9.91 306 876 322664 63681 1.139 0.918
27 1.195 9.97 320 871 337925 66576 1.147 0.913
28 1.203 10.04 334 865 353426 69508 1.155 0.909
29 1.211 10.10 348 858 369169 72477 1.163 0.904
30 1.219 10.17 362 852 385156 75484 1.172 0.898
31 1.227 10.24 377 846 401392 78530 1.181 0.893
32 1.235 10.31 392 839 417878 81614 1.190 0.888
33 1.243 10.38 406 833 434618 84738 1.200 0.882
34 1.252 10.44 421 826 451615 87901 1.210 0.876
35 1.260 10.51 437 820 468872 91105 1.220 0.870
36 1.268 10.59 452 813 486392 94349 1.231 0.864
37 1.277 10.66 468 806 504178 97634 1.242 0.857
38 1.286 10.73 484 799 522232 100961 1.253 0.851
39 1.294 10.80 500 791 540558 104329 1.265 0.844
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