When you add bromine to a hot tub, does it affect the pH at all?

Subject: When you add bromine to a hot tub, does it affect the pH at all?

Date: Tue May 30 10:51:30 2006
Posted by Ross
Grade level: nonaligned School: No school entered.
City: Missoula State/Province: MT Country: No country entered.
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 1149011490.Ch

Message:


Its a bet i'm having with my girlfriend who insists that bromine is used in 
hot tubs to change the pH.  I think bromine is used only as a sanitizer, to 
kill off algae and organic material.  Is this true?

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