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You shouldn't be using "household bleach" at all. Use 12.5% chlorine found only in pool stores. The chlorine found in discount stores is probably around 10 % if that. If that chlorine was left on the loading dock for an hour it most likely has lost strength to maybe 8%. Once the chlorine has been moved inside the store the chlorine strength continues to loose strength - it only has a shelf life of 2 weeks. To answer your question, chlorine is used to sanitize. Muriatic acid and soda ash are used to adjust the pH (acid lowers-soda raises). Chlorine can raise the pH but in such insignificant amounts that you can not detect them on a normal test kits. Do your own test. Leave a partial bottle of chlorine - any strength - outside for a few weeks and you will end up with what looks like water. In extreme cases you will end up with just salt crystals inside the bottle even with the cap on solidly.

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Yes the way a chemist told me to remember it is a is lower and is acid, b is higher and is base.

7 is the same as water.

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