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What does it mean when your free chlorine is higher than total chlorine?
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∙ 12y ago
Technically no. Your total chlorine reading would include all forms of chlorine, which we tend to lump into to basic categories, Free and combined. If you get readings that show that the free amount is higher then total, I would suggest a retest. If you are still getting the same result, I would try another test or different reagents. I'm sure there might be something that could give you false results and that might be what id happening in this case.
Actually it can happen because it happened to me today i saw it happen that the free chlorine was 2.49 and after the 2 minute waiting period the test was 0.33 and the sample was visibly less pink than when the DPD 1 was tested, there has to be some reason for this or some way to fix it as if we are using the same reagents for other samples and it is working for those then this must mean that there is something wrong with the water i a, testing and not the tablets i am testing with!
The total reading after time will drop if the residual level is high enough and there is not enough DPD. Hach recommends for using a 5 ml sample instead of 10 ml and 2 power pillows instead of 1. This gives four times the DPD to do the analysis. With very high levels you can see a flash of dark color and then go to clear as the chlorine bleaches the color from the DPD. The addition of extra DPD overcomes the bleaching effect.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agowhen you first add chlorine to water it reacts with the ammonia, already present in the water. This reaction forms Chloramines. The chloramines then attack any demand in the water (such as organics or inorganics, organisms). This is the total chlorine residual you are measuring. After all of the demand has been meet, the excess chlorine the will then start to oxidize out the ammonia. This is known as breakpoint. After, all the ammonia is oxidized out any remaining chlorine is free chlorine residual.
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How can chlorine levels register 0 to dark orange with the addition of a little liquid chlorine?
Do you mean that adding a little chlorine made the reading go from 0 to a higher level? You should shock your pool once a week with 1L of liquid chlorine per 10000L of water in your pool. You need to add enough chlorine to break apart the combine chlorine (the combination of chlorine and dirt which doesn't sanitize.) If you don't add enough at once, it will be used up and the chlorine reading will remain low.
Does chlorine reacts with acid to form toxic chlorine gas?
If you mean chlorine bleach, then yeas. Particularly this happens in hypochlorite bleaches.
What is the scientific name of chlorine?
Chlorine comes from the Greek word 'χλωρóς' khlôros, meaning 'pale green'Chlorine is the common name used. the symbol is Cland the atomic number is 17.
What does chlorine mean?
Chlorine is an element, Cl on the Periodic Table. So, What does chlorine mean? It is the proper name of the element, Chlorine. It is often used for sanitizing water, as it kills small microbes (harmful and otherwise). With respect to Swimming Pools, it comes in various forms: Tablet Chlorine (Usually Trichlor) Liquid Shock (Sodium Hypochlorite: Chlorine gas suspended in salt water) and Granular shock (can be either Calcium Hypochlorite, or Sodium Dichlor, most commonly)
Is sodium chlorine a compound mixture or element?
No such substance as 'sodium chlorine'. I think you mean 'sodium chloride'. I which case it is an ionic compound. Separately , sodium(metal) is an element and chlorine(gas) is an element. They both appear in the Periodic Table. 'Mixture', does not come into question.
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How can chlorine levels register 0 to dark orange with the addition of a little liquid chlorine?
Do you mean that adding a little chlorine made the reading go from 0 to a higher level? You should shock your pool once a week with 1L of liquid chlorine per 10000L of water in your pool. You need to add enough chlorine to break apart the combine chlorine (the combination of chlorine and dirt which doesn't sanitize.) If you don't add enough at once, it will be used up and the chlorine reading will remain low.
What happens when chlorine is exposed to sunlight?
Do you mean elemental chlorine, or the "chlorine" that's used in swimming pools?Sunlight can break down swimming pool "chlorine". For that matter, it can break down elemental chlorine also, into two chlorine free radicals, which are much more reactive than elemental chlorine (which is, itself, kinda reactive). Sunlight can cause a mixture of elemental chlorine and elemental hydrogen to explode.Free radical chlorine is serious business. It's one of the prime culprits in the degradation of the Earth's ozone layer.
Slogans for tryig to sell chlorine?
dont be mean use chlorine
Is chlorine simple?
Chlorine is anything but simple. Just kidding, I have no idea what you mean.
Should you run the pump if the chlorine level is too high?
That depnds on what you mean by "too high". Your chlorine shouldn't be higher than a regular shock, about 10-12ppm, unless you have a really bad green algae bloom that required chlorine up to 25ppm. Even at 15-20ppm for chlorine your pool pump should be fine.
How correlation between brix and total sugar?
Brix measures total dissolved solids while Total sugar is only a measure of sugar content. Higher sugar content will raise the brix measurement, but higher brix measurement does not always mean there is a higher sugar content.
Does chlorine reacts with acid to form toxic chlorine gas?
If you mean chlorine bleach, then yeas. Particularly this happens in hypochlorite bleaches.
What does Cl mean on the periodic table?
Chlorine
What is the scientific name of chlorine?
Chlorine comes from the Greek word 'χλωρóς' khlôros, meaning 'pale green'Chlorine is the common name used. the symbol is Cland the atomic number is 17.
What type of compound is sodium chlorine?
No such compound as Sodium Chlorine. If you mean sodium chloride, then it is an IONIC Crystalline compound.
Can I add acids to chlorine?
Well, if you mean chlorine gas (an element) adding an acid (which would usually require bubbling it through the acid) won't do much in most cases (but could depend on the specific acid).But, if you mean chlorine bleach (the compound sodium hypochlorite) adding an acid to it generates toxic chlorine gas.The simple answer is yes you can, but the smart and safe answer depends on which kind of "chlorine" you mean, where you are doing it, and if you want to generate toxic products or not. I definitely recommend against adding acids to household chlorine bleach!
