- Jun 27, 2009
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This is a bit off topic, but I am curious about this as mixing bleach and ammonia outside of water probably kills hundreds of people each year. How do they safely react within a pool? Is it just the levels of both are so low?
chem geek said:The most irritating by-product in the reaction of chlorine with ammonia is nitrogen trichloride which is very volatile as well. The amount of nitrogen trichloride that is produced is proportional to the chlorine concentration, assuming there is an excess of chlorine relative to ammonia (which is usually the case).
Does this rash/itch-causing bacteria, or similar ones, also reside in swimming pools with normal santizer levels?chem geek said:Another source of rash is from the Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria, aka "hot tub rash/itch" though this usually shows up after 24 hours and doesn't get worse from additional exposure to the spa and is most commonly caused by too low a sanitizer level.