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    total alkalinity

    Explore "total alkalinity" with insightful episodes like "Alkalinity's complicated relationship with chlorine" and "Understanding Alkalinity" from podcasts like ""Rule Your Pool" and "Rule Your Pool"" and more!

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    Alkalinity's complicated relationship with chlorine

    Alkalinity's complicated relationship with chlorine

    00:00 - Introduction

    00:59 - Relationship 1: High alkalinity can lead to chlorine loss via sunlight

    03:41 - Coincidence vs. Cause

    04:32 - pH, chlorine and CYA graph

    07:36 - Chlorine leaves CYA when the pH gets high enough

    09:11 - How alkalinity is involved

    11:32 - Relationship 2: Chlorine can increase alkalinity

    12:17 - Excess hydroxides in liquid chlorine and cal hypo accumulate

    14:30 - Chemistry of chlorination

    15:59 - Chlorine hydroxide byproducts

    17:41 - Summary

     

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    Understanding Alkalinity

    Understanding Alkalinity

    00:00 - Intro

    02:27 - Alkalinity buffers against reduction in pH

    05:27 - Where should my alkalinity be?

    08:33 - How much acid does it take to bring a pool from 8.0 pH to 7.4 pH?

    11:16 - What is Buffering Capacity?

    14:40 - Sodium Carbonate (Soda Ash) vs Sodium Bicarbonate (Baking Soda)

    19:03 - How to pH and Calcium interact?

    19:52 - Hot Starts or Zero Alkalinity Startups

    21:23 - Why testing your water is important

    24:59 - The Orenda LSI Calculator

    28:53 - How to run  a low alkalinity pool

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