algicide

Disinfectant VS Oxidant

Désinfectant VS Oxydant

Two actions are necessary to maintain a swimming pool.

On the one hand, there must be a disinfectant in the water. This eliminates pathogenic germs and acts against bacteria, viruses, fungi and algae. The disinfectant therefore allows an electrochemical reaction that releases an algaecide, a fungicide and a bactericide.

On the other hand, it is also necessary to oxidize the pool water, using an oxidizing product, to decompose these microorganisms and allow the removal of floating particles from the water by the sand filter. Some disinfectants are oxidizing. Chlorine-based disinfectants are among the most commonly used oxidizing disinfectants for treating swimming pools, but they cause the formation of toxic chloramines created by the reaction between urea and chlorinated disinfectants. Copper-silver ionization is a natural non-oxidizing disinfectant, which cannot eliminate organic matter, such as skin tissue, hair, urine from swimming pool water, so an oxidizing agent must be used in addition, without opting for chlorine and all its disadvantages.

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