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Polymer mixture - gallons to Lbs?

Polymer mixture - gallons to Lbs?

Polymer mixture - gallons to Lbs?

(OP)
I have a mixture of 7.5 ml Polymer to 1 gallon of water. how do I calculate the gallons used into lbs? I was given the  fomula of Polymer gallons used times .016 but that doesn't look right. In the case of say Alum, it is the gallons used times 5.4.

RE: Polymer mixture - gallons to Lbs?

This should be a very easy conversion, but you have worded your query badly. You sometimes talk of "gallons of water", sometimes of "Polymer gallons" and sometimes just "gallons used". I cannot determine what you actually want to calculate. Also we do not know where you are - are you using US gallons or Imperial gallons?

RE: Polymer mixture - gallons to Lbs?

(OP)
Sorry. I am using U.S. gallons. What I should have asked was per gallon of water, what is weight of the polymer in the mixture? The more I look at it, the more it looks like the gallon x .016 may be correct. Thanks for responding.

RE: Polymer mixture - gallons to Lbs?

If the SG of your polymer is 1.0 then 7.5 ml would have a mass of 7.5 gram. And 7.5 gram is equivalent to 0.016 lb so it looks like your number is correct.

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