Sodium Ascorbate for PCTEA??

[LeNoirPhotog]

I got plenty of sodium ascorbate but only a little ascorbic acid. So can i substitute ascorbic for ascorbate?

 

[MikeSeb]

Yep. Can't recall the conversion factor right off hand; you should be able to google it if someone doesn't chime in here.

 

[BradS]

I thought that there was an alkali involved...

something like...

sodium hydroxide + ascorbic acid ---> sodium ascorbate

or, maybe it was...

Borax (sodium something borate) + ascorbic acid ---> sodium ascorbate

anyway, I think there is more to it than a simple multiplicative factor.

 

[dancqu]

I got plenty of sodium ascorbate but only a little ascorbic acid.
So can i substitute ascorbic for ascorbate?

Can you substitute ascorbate for ascorbic, or visa versa for
that matter? NO way. One is quite acid while the other
is more nearly neutral. Dan

 

[Jordan]

I got plenty of sodium ascorbate but only a little ascorbic acid. So can i substitute ascorbic for ascorbate?

No, not without titrating the pH of your working developer back down to its expected level before use.

 

[LeNoirPhotog]

OK thanks everyone

 

[gainer]

OK thanks everyone

Moreover, I doubt you'll get much sodium ascorbate to dissolve in TEA.

 

[Alan Johnson]

cas 134 03 2 sodium ascorbate won't dissolve in TEA enough to make PC-TEA, see this thread:
www.apug.org/forums/forum37/35897-pc-tea-vs-mytol-hp5-tri-x-135-120-format.html