Hi all,
Simple enough, you just need the RAM of potassium (K) and the RAM of chlorine (Cl) to give you the RMM of KCl.
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Potassium - Wikipedia">= 39.1 + <"
Chlorine - Wikipedia"> 35.5 = <"
Potassium chloride - Wikipedia"> = 74.56 and
39.1 / 74.56 =
52.4 % K and 100 - 52.4 =
47.6% Cl
It is less than that (I don't know where the 16 mg / L came from? It should be ~ 9.1 mg / L and 19.1 x 0.476 = 9.1)). The "19.1" is the amount KCl to give 10 mg / L K, but I understand your concerns.
Yes and no, it really depends on a number of factors. I like to keep chloride (Cl-) (and sodium (Na+) ions levels low for the reason you give, but if you had hard water and kept hard water fish and plants? It wouldn't bother them at all. As an example <"
Lake Tanganyika"> has about 130 mg / L Cl-.
cheers Darrel