SAVE THE DATE! THINK SUMMER CHEMISTRY!
Section Meeting Thursday, January 23, 2025
Collier Hall of Science, Moravian University
Swimming Pool Chemistry, or How to Green the Rio Diving Pool
So your chemistry career has taken off, and you now own a home with a swimming pool. Do you know enough chemistry to take care of your pool? Absolutely! With a basic knowledge of acid-base chemistry and solubility equilibria, plus some chlorine chemistry, you can understand the key principles of pool maintenance. We'll discuss the key ideas in pool chemistry--pH, chlorine sanitation, and calcium concentration--take a look at a new chlorination system involving electrolysis, and reflect on how it all went wrong at the diving pool at the Rio Olympics. Students encouraged to attend, because swimming pool chemistry is a great way to see basic chemical principles at work in real life.
Speakers: Carl Salter, Professor of Chemistry and William Farina, Laboratory Coordinator and Instructor, Moravian University
Social Hour with appetizers - Collier Lobby 5-6 pm
Dinner - Collier Lobby 6-7 pm
LVACS Meeting and Pool Talk - Mellon Lecture Hall, Collier 202 7-8 pm
Reservations: Please contact June Thompson, thompsonj03@moravian.edu
The meeting will be hybrid: connection details will be posted shortly
MEETING CONTACT: Carl Salter, salterc@moravian.edu
