Episode 32

Combined Chlorine 101: What are chloramines?

Does your pool have combined chlorine? Combined chlorine only happens when the water has nitrogen compounds in it. Chlorine combines with them in the oxidation process. This episode explains more about chloramines, organic and inorganic nitrogen.

Rule Your Pool · Eric Knight, Joe Sweazy

August 4, 202130m 18s

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Show Notes

00:00 - Intro

00:59 - This will be complex chemistry, but very simplified.

02:07 - What is combined chlorine? What does chlorine "combine with"?

05:32 - Combined chlorine is an indicator of your chlorine falling behind, and the byproducts are the cause of bather discomfort, irritation and sickness.

06:00 - The pool industry uses the term "chloramines" generally to describe all of these combined chlorine byproducts.

12:06 - Chloramines, far more than pH, are behind bather discomfort, eye and throat irritation, etc.

16:12 - Even if you have a bromine pool, similar chemistry occurs (bromamines).

21:27 - There is no chemical way to get rid of nitrogen byproducts without chlorine combining there. There isn't a natural enzyme or other chemical that can break down nitrogen compounds.

28:00 - Nitrogen in your water means your chlorine will be tied up dealing with it.

28:21 - Thank you for listening!

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