Copper salts react with chlorine to produce cupric oxide and and may cause grey black stains on pool surfaces.
Copper sulfate pentahydrate in swimming pools.
The american journal of public health recommends using copper sulfate in swimming pools only as a method to control growth of algae.
Copper sulfate is also used in order to help with public health and safety.
This frees up low levels of chlorine or salt chlorine to be more active and available.
One part per million of copper in drinking water is quite safe and 0 5 parts per million is enough to control green algae in swimming pools.
This reaction is known as hexaaquacopper.
Copper sulfate does not replace the need for pool sanitizers such as chlorine.
Copper based algaecides and algaestats are the commonest source of copper salts for pools but copper sulphate is also a preventative treatment and an effective cure for many algae attacks.
It destroys algae and bacteria caused by growing algae in swimming pools in addition to preventing athlete s foot a fungal infection that grows in between the toes in warm climates such as an indoor swimming pool.
Copper sulfate does not eliminate the need for chlorine bromine or other pool sanitizers.
It s also much cheaper than proprietary chemicals.
Therefore it should not be used as part of your regular pool chemical treatment.
The chemical used is copper sulphate pentahydrate chelated.
Copper sulfate otherwise known as bluestone is sometimes used in swimming pools as an algaecide.
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