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    From MummyChunk@21:1/5 to All on Sun Oct 20 13:40:55 2024
    The water in the pool smells not because of chlorine, but because
    of... urine - a former NASA engineer found out why pools have such a
    pungent smell

    Mark Robert conducted an experiment: he took two buckets of water with chlorine, left one “clean”, and added a little urine to the other,
    closed the lid and left it for a day.

    A day later he checked the buckets: the bucket that contained only
    water and chlorine did not smell of anything. But the bucket to which
    a little urine was added smelled of that same "nostalgic"
    pungent smell of swimming pools.

    This is explained by the fact that when chlorinated water and urine
    come into contact, trichloramine is formed, which is the cause of the
    pungent odor.

    I won't set foot in a swimming pool again.

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  • From %@21:1/5 to MummyChunk on Sun Oct 20 09:44:18 2024
    MummyChunk wrote:
    The water in the pool smells not because of chlorine, but because
    of... urine - a former NASA engineer found out why pools have such a
    pungent smell

    Mark Robert conducted an experiment: he took two buckets of water with chlorine, left one �clean�, and added a little urine to the other,
    closed the lid and left it for a day.

    A day later he checked the buckets: the bucket that contained only
    water and chlorine did not smell of anything. But the bucket to which
    a little urine was added smelled of that same "nostalgic"
    pungent smell of swimming pools.

    This is explained by the fact that when chlorinated water and urine
    come into contact, trichloramine is formed, which is the cause of the
    pungent odor.

    I won't set foot in a swimming pool again.



    that's your upper lip you're smelling, chunky

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  • From cheesetray@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 25 08:52:59 2024
    MummyChunk wrote:
    The water in the pool smells not because of chlorine, but because
    of... urine - a former NASA engineer found out why pools have such a
    pungent smell

    Mark Robert conducted an experiment: he took two buckets of water
    with chlorine, left one “clean”, and added a little urine to the
    other, closed the lid and left it for a day.

    A day later he checked the buckets: the bucket that contained only
    water and chlorine did not smell of anything. But the bucket to which
    a little urine was added smelled of that same "nostalgic"
    pungent smell of swimming pools.

    This is explained by the fact that when chlorinated water and urine
    come into contact, trichloramine is formed, which is the cause of the
    pungent odor.

    I won't set foot in a swimming pool again.

    Pumpkin Penny


    This is a response to the post seen at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=676549744#676549744

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