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Title: What Are Chlorine Tablets Made Of???
Post by: 3.1415926 on May 26, 2007, 12:31:40 AM

I keep finding contradicting information are they made of NaOCl or C₃N₃Cl₃O₃ or is it something entirly different?

Title: Re: What Are Chlorine Tablets Made Of???
Post by: ATMyller on May 28, 2007, 04:16:40 AM

If you're talking about water purification tablets then both sodium hypochlorite (bleach) and C₃N₃Cl₃O₃'s sodium salt; sodium dichloroisocyanurate are used.

Title: Re: What Are Chlorine Tablets Made Of???
Post by: AWK on May 28, 2007, 04:41:09 AM

http://www.tps.com.au/pools/chlorine.htm