How many pound of salt are in a gallon of brine?

Question

I wanted to know how much salt in a gallon of "saturated" brine

Answer 1

Cooking or Chemistry? The answers may be different. This is coming from a person who has a dregree in chemistry who later learned to cook.

Many recipes use the term Brine to mean salty water. The typical amount used is about one half cup per gallon of final solution.

Historically, Brine meant a saturated solution of salt (Sodium chloride) in water. This will vary with temperature, being about 23% near freezing and increasing to about 26% or 27% near normal room temperature.

If a gallon of water weighs about 8.34 pounds, then about 2 1/2 to 2 3/4 pounds of salt would be in a gallon of Brine.

Added after detail:
See the bottom of the table in the last reference. At 60 °F, there would be 2.647 pounds of salt in one gallon of saturated Brine solution.

Answer 2

Saturated Brine

Answer 3

1/2 cup Kosher Salt (this is the standard for all brines)
1 gallon water

Or from Alton Brown:

1 cup kosher salt
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1 gallon vegetable stock
1 tablespoon black peppercorns
1/2 tablespoon allspice berries
1/2 tablespoon candied ginger
1 gallon iced water

(Notice he is using 2 gallons of liquid - 1 water, 1 stock)

Answer 4

That depends on what the concentration of the brine is.

Answer 5

I evaluate you could desire to interrupt up this into 2 A(t)'s. A differntial equations looks on the edition in line with x. in this concern substitute in line with t, so distinction in line with minute. The substitute is two lb/gal with 3 gal/min. so because it is 6 lb/min. this does not substitute, so as which you consistently have A(t) = 6. (it continuously upload up 6 lb in line with minute). So the 1st area that's a(t) = 6. the 2d section is with 2 gal/min, so 4 lb in line with minute. A(t) = 4

Answer 6

453.5 grams