Brooks, I'm curious why you recommend a 1:1 ratio of AA:BS for creating the sodium ascorbate. I did some googling and it seems most people recommend 2:1 for AA:BS.
I found the following in the Vitamin C Foundation forums, which explains the 2:1 ratio: NaHCO3 + C6H8O6 --> NaC6H7O6 + H2CO3 One mole of sodium bicarbonate is 84 grams, and one mole of ascorbic acid is 176 grams. So, the correct (stoichiometric) ratio of sodium bicarbonate to ascorbic acid is 84/176 = 0.477. For example, it would take 477 milligrams of sodium bicarbonate to neutralize 1000 milligrams of ascorbic acid. Alan On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Brooks Bradley <[email protected]>wrote: > > One simple, acceptable, method for accomplishing this conversion is to mix > One Part ascorbic acid and One Part Sodium Bicarbonate together in distilled > water (e.g. one teaspoon Ascorbic acid with One teaspoon Sodium bicarbonate > in one cup of water). Stir well and allow to sit [usually about 45 to 60 > seconds or until the spontaneous generation of bubbles stops) for a few > moments. > -- Alan Jones
