C3Cl3N3O3 + 3H2O --> C3H3N3O3 + 3HOCl
3Cl2 + 3H2O --> 3H+ + 3HOCl + 3Cl-
As you can see from the equations above, 1 mole of trichlor is equivalent to 3 moles of chlorine gas, both produce 3 moles of hypochlorous acid.
Chlorine gas is 70.906 grams per mole.
Trichlor is 232.41 grams per mole.
232.41 grams of trichlor are equivalent to 212.718 grams of chlorine gas.
1 gram of trichlor is equivalent to 0.915 grams of chlorine gas.
Whenever a chlorine product gives a % available chlorine, it indicates how much chlorine gas the product is equivalent to.
For example, trichlor might say 91% available chlorine, which means that 1 pound of trichlor is equivalent to adding 0.91 pounds of chlorine gas.
The actual weight percent of chlorine in trichlor is 45.76%. The cyanurate in trichlor accounts for 54.24% of the weight of trichlor.
Adding 1 pound of trichlor adds 0.4576 pounds of chlorine, but it’s counted as double since it’s equivalent to adding 0.9152 pounds of chlorine gas.
It also adds 0.5424 pounds of cyanurate but it’s counted as 0.55535 pounds of cyanuric acid since it’s reported in units of cyanuric acid.
Everything that’s measured is reported in specific units to standardize the metrics.
If the percentage is "available chlorine", the maximum for pure trichlor is about 91.5%.
