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What Chemical Is Used to Clean Pools?
Are you confused by the many chemicals that your swimming pool needs to stay clean and balanced? Below is a brief overview of the most commonly used pool chemicals and their roles in pool maintenance. Chlorine The most well-known pool chemical is chlorine. It kills bacteria and algae. You can buy it in powder, liquid, or tablet form. Hydrochloric acid is formed when water reacts with chlorine. This compound fights bacteria. Fun fact: Although the pool smell is often mistakenly thought to be caused by chlorine, it is the absence of chlorine that causes it. This is because chlorine reacts with organic matter like skin and oils to create a…
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Could Zillow or Redfin buy up all the homes — or the whole real estate market?
Anything can be done online. Some tech companies, like Zillow and Redfin, think they can even buy and sell houses online, and are dreaming of becoming the Amazon of what has come to be known as ‘‘iBuying.” But they’re finding out that buying and selling assets worth hundreds of thousands of dollars is a bit harder as an online industry than buying and selling books. Last week, Zillow made a startling announcement that it would stop buying homes for the rest of the year, self-reportedly due to a “backlog of renovations and operational capacity constraints” that it blamed on the supply chain issues plaguing the economy. This news made a…
