I already have a feeling the guy who made these is a tool. In his instructions he writes "hypochlorite products (pool shock) are not the same as hypochlorous acid"
Wrong.
"In
chemistry,
hypochlorite is an
ion composed of
chlorine and
oxygen, with the
chemical formula ClO−. It can combine with a number of
counter ions to form
hypochlorites, which may also be regarded as the
salts of
hypochlorous acid."
"
Hypochlorous acid is a weak
acid with the
chemical formula HClO. It forms when
chlorinedissolves in water, and itself partially dissociates in water, into
hypochlorite (-) and
hydronium ions. It is HClO and OCl- that are the primary agents for
disinfection when chlorine is used to disinfect
water for human use.
[2]"
He says they are two different things yet they aren't. If you take an hypochlorite and add it to water with a low ph you get hypochlorous acid.
Your right but only under conditions no one on any forum has figured out the chemistry, it has to do w proper pH adjust or using a hypochlorous acid generator.
if the water is pH 6.0 then hypochlorite salts (bleach = sodium hypohlorite; pool shock = calcium hypochlorite) will protonate (that is a hydrogen ion will be likey bound; I say likely because these thing are still in equilibrium w being free ions)
Meanwhile, pool shock AND bleach are not acidic, they're caustic out of the bottle or dissolved in water.
The chemistry is slightly complicated, But i'md down to educate.
Also, you cannot simply add pH down to the pool shock (or bleach) because chlorine gas will likely form if you use the wrong chemicals to adjust the pH. GH pH diwn wont do it, BUT Advanced will...problem is if you over shoot the pH and go to LOW you also will end uo w chlorine gas popping out of solution, so pH adjusting a well buffer solution before habd would be ideal, then add your hypochlorite.
I am aware of this chemistry, but as a business cannot go having people do chemistry that yields chlorine gas. I'm it's also not necessary.
I recommend you use hypochlorite salts in solution at 2-5 ppm for cuttings, 0.5-2 ppm once rooted (higher will shock roots), and hypochlorite produc5 can be used at 0.05 - 0.5 range bc they're protonated hypochlorite salts which = hypohlorous acid.
