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June 21, 2017

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dmforcier

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Gardeneer

I don't think that Scoville scale is logarithmic, but it is linear.

No, you're right. It's not logarithmic in the same way that the pH scale is.

Rather, the tasters couldn't distinguish small variations in high heat concentrations
as they could in low heat concentrations. In that sense it is certainly not linear.

Let me do some research to get my terminology correct.

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