General

Resistivity of NaCl Water Solutions

Purpose Example Two

This chart has a twofold purpose. The first is to determine the resis- Given: Solution resistivity = 0.3 ohm-m at 75°F. Gen
tivity of an equivalent NaCl concentration (from Chart Gen-4) at a Find: Solution resistivity at 200°F [93°C].
specific temperature. The second is to provide a transition of resis-
Answer 1: Enter 0.3 ohm-m and 75°F and find their intersection
tivity at a specific temperature to another temperature. The solution
on the 20,000-ppm concentration line. Follow the line to
resistivity value and temperature at which the value was determined
the right to intersect the 200°F vertical line (interpolate
are used to approximate the NaCl ppm concentration.
between existing lines if necessary). The resistivity value
Description for this point on the left y-axis is 0.115 ohm-m.
The two-cycle log scale on the x-axis presents two temperature Answer 2: Resistivity at 200°F = resistivity at 75°F × [(75 + 6.77)/
scales for Fahrenheit and Celsius. Resistivity values are on the left (200 + 6.77)] = 0.3 × (81.77/206.77) = 0.1186 ohm-m.
four-cycle log scale y-axis. The NaCl concentration in ppm and
grains/gal at 75°F [24°C] is on the right y-axis. The conversion
approximation equation for the temperature (T) effect on the
resistivity (R) value at the top of the chart is valid only for the
temperature range of 68° to 212°F [20° to 100°C].

Example One
Given: NaCl equivalent concentration = 20,000 ppm.
Temperature of concentration = 75°F.
Find: Resistivity of the solution.
Answer: Enter the ppm concentration on the y-axis and the tem-
perature on the x-axis to locate their point of intersec-
tion on the chart. The value of this point on the left
y-axis is 0.3 ohm-m at 75°F.

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 General

Resistivity of NaCl Water Solutions

Gen-6
(former Gen-9)

Gen
Conversion approximated by R2 = R1 [(T1 + 6.77)/(T2 + 6.77)]°F or R2 = R1 [(T1 + 21.5)/(T2 + 21.5)]°C

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6 grains/gal
5 ppm at 75°F
200
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Resistivity 3,0
NaCl
0.3 00 150 concentration
of solution
4,0 (ppm or
(ohm-m) 00 200 grains/gal)
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0.2 00 250
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000
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300 140,000
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200 000
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250,000
,
280 000 15,000
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°F 50 75 100 125 150 200 250 300 350 400 20,000
°C 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 120 140 160 180 200

Temperature

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