Thanks for the help everyone. Dennis

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>I recently got a pH meter and want to use it also as a titration indicator for
>TA measurements. I would have supposed that the desired endpoint pH would be
>7.0 (neutral). However, I have found one reference that says to use 8.1 - 8.2
>as the endpoint. Another reference says that it is conventional to use 8.2 in
>the US and 7.0 in France. Does anyone know why? Which yields the TA that I
>really want to use? Dennis
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