SRC Member beaver Posted May 31, 2006 SRC Member Share Posted May 31, 2006 Halo, I bought one brand of salt which lists Chlorine as one of the elements. Should I be worried about it? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Tanga Posted May 31, 2006 SRC Member Share Posted May 31, 2006 What brand is the salt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member May&Bruce Posted May 31, 2006 SRC Member Share Posted May 31, 2006 Sea (salt) water is predominantly sodium chloride, with the chlorine (chloride) component being over 50% of the total composition of natural sea water. However, the chlorine is sea water is there as the compound sodium chloride (NaCl), and is different to the chlorine (or chloramines) that is in our tap water to disinfect the water. So, in answer to your question it would be normal for a sea salt manufacturer to list chlorine as an element in their product, but nevertheless we need to remove chlorine from the tap water we use in our marine tanks. I hope that makes sense...... Quote Real reefs don't have glass bottoms....(...think about it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member beaver Posted June 1, 2006 Author SRC Member Share Posted June 1, 2006 Sea (salt) water is predominantly sodium chloride, with the chlorine (chloride) component being over 50% of the total composition of natural sea water. However, the chlorine is sea water is there as the compound sodium chloride (NaCl), and is different to the chlorine (or chloramines) that is in our tap water to disinfect the water. So, in answer to your question it would be normal for a sea salt manufacturer to list chlorine as an element in their product, but nevertheless we need to remove chlorine from the tap water we use in our marine tanks. I hope that makes sense...... Thanks a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Tigger Posted June 2, 2006 SRC Member Share Posted June 2, 2006 Strickly speaking from Chemistry point of view, Chlorine, Cl is an element. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member May&Bruce Posted June 4, 2006 SRC Member Share Posted June 4, 2006 yep, that's why I said chlorine is an element...sodium chloride is a compound ya? Quote Real reefs don't have glass bottoms....(...think about it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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