At first, pool chemistry-terms can be a bit confusing and not so easy to understand. That is why chemist Enrico Uva underwent some experiments in his newly bought pool, analyzing properties such as chlorine levels, pH and alkalinity. The purpose of this blog post is, on the one hand, to familiarize people with these properties by explaining their meanings and, on the other hand, to demonstrate easy ways for measuring as well as altering these traits.
I found this blog post to be interesting because it talks about subjects that we have studied this semester, applied to a real-life situation. It talks about acids, bases and equilibrium - topics that we are certainly familiar with, which makes Uva's experiments fairly easy to understand. Moreover, despite the fact that I do not have a pool in my house, many might find Uva's experiments and advice very helpful indeed.
See:
http://www.science20.com/chemical_education/swimming_pool_chemistry_backyard_perils_and_experiments-77297
Posted by Mikaela Freundlich
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I like that he uses simple terms in his article, so everyone is able to understand the basics as to what is going on. Also, like you said in your summary it is cool to be able to see how things we talked about in the classroom such as measuring ph, can be applied to the real world.
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