webmanoffesto,
The change in solubility of NaCl in H2O with temperature is pretty small. No need to sweat it. See the picture below. It compares the solubility of NaCl (blue line) to other chemicals.
For a detailed look, I made a calculator in excel. It converts %NaCl to °SAL while taking temperature into account.
Also note,
The meat weight should not be included in the calculation for salt %:
This: 150g salt / (150g salt + 2000 ml water) = 0.07
Not this: 150g salt / (1500g pork belly + 150g salt + 2000 ml water) = 0.04
The change in solubility of NaCl in H2O with temperature is pretty small. No need to sweat it. See the picture below. It compares the solubility of NaCl (blue line) to other chemicals.
For a detailed look, I made a calculator in excel. It converts %NaCl to °SAL while taking temperature into account.
Also note,
The meat weight should not be included in the calculation for salt %:
This: 150g salt / (150g salt + 2000 ml water) = 0.07
Not this: 150g salt / (1500g pork belly + 150g salt + 2000 ml water) = 0.04
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