Swimming Pool Chemicals: What They Are and Why They Matter
What are swimming pool chemicals? Typical chemicals used include muriatic acid (an archaic name for hydrochloric acid), sodium bisulfate, carbon dioxide, sulfuric acid, and sodium carbonate. Sodium bicarbonate also works, but it has a greater effect on the total alkalinity of the water than it does on the pH. Read more on cen.acs.org Chemicals for … Read more