Talk:Alkalinity

message: I'm wondering if there is someone with a non-oceanography perspective on alkalinity who could contribute to this article - or is alkalinity purely a seawater issue ? Also, my contributions are pretty technical - it wouldd be nice if someone had some 'real world' experience to help relate alkalinty to the average readers. (Cheers,  Piyrwq 04:08, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Inputs by non-oceanography people

message: Hello, 
No, alkalinity is more general, also very important for porewater chemistry and hydrochemistry of aquifers. You need to know it for controlling your electrical charge balance and for geochemical calculations. 
It could be worth to develop titration techniques such as Grant asdfasdfasdfsfasdfsadfasfsdfsdf----
In a hvac system for a building, why test for m alkalinity.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.52.179.197 (talk) 20:30, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Various comments

message: This article is nearly incomprehensible to a non-scientist. The New Scientist article here defines alkaline as proton-poor if I am reading it correctly. Is this correct and might it be a helpful way of making it easier to understand? Dudley Miles (talk) 15:25, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definition 

message: What does "The alkalinity is equal to the stoichiometric sum of the bases in solution." mean? What numbers are in the sum? Concentrations of the bases?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mbrennwa (talk • contribs) 07:48, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quantity? 

message: Alkalinity of water is a determining factor of what kind of life will be found in different aquatic ecosystems. It is extremely important for fish, bottom feeders, frogs and most other aquatic life in that, it protects them by serving as a buffer to changes in the water pH levelhttp://www.state.ky.us/nrepc/water/ramp/rmalk.htms. The most optimal pH levels for aquatic life is between 6.0 to 9.0. If it falls bellow that range the aquatic species that are not ready for the rapid change in pH will take heavy casualties or even disappear entirelyhttps://www.water-research.net/index.php/the-role-of-alkalinity-citizen-monitoring .
Alkalinity of higher percentages in surface water serves as a buffer to acid rain or discharges from other acidic sources. They also prevent rapid changes that can be harmful to aquatic life. Ljm186 (talk) 19:24, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Effects on aquatic life 

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message: From the 2nd paragraph "In freshwater, particularly those on non-limestone terrains, alkalinities are low and involve a lot of ions." I think this means that what alkalinity there is due to small quantities of a wide variety of ion types. Is that correct? I think it is easy to misinterpret 'a lot of ions' as meaning 'a high concentration of ions'. Please comment whether this agrees with your understanding. Ike9898 (talk) 14:02, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
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