Description
Bromine is an alternative to chlorine in the way that it kills bacteria and harmful contaminants, but they have a different chemical reaction in the swimming pool water.
Bromine is usually used for spa because it is more stable than chlorine in the warmer temperatures. Also, bromine is beneficial to people with sensitive skin and produces less odor than chlorine
The difference between the chemical chlorine and the chemical bromine is that once chlorine combines with bacteria in pool water to kill it, most of the chlorine is used up and will no longer work to sanitize your pool. Bromine combines with bacteria to neutralize it in the same way that chlorine does, however a good portion of the bromine stays active even after combining with the bacteria. The volume of the chemical bromine needed to sanitize a pool is less than the volume of chlorine needed to do the same job.
