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Ascorbic Acid as a Dechlorinator

Hi all,
Awaiting @dw1305 thoughts on this ;)
I know the <"Americans"> use ascorbic acid (C5H5O5CH2OH) to neutralise chlorine. Their water companies aren't forced to supply clean water, so they often supply something fairly nasty and then put a <"huge dose of chlorine in it">. This has the advantage of "burning out" some of the stray organic matter in the water and killing any bacteria.

I don't think it will do anything to neutralise the ammonia (from chloramine use), but that isn't a definitive answer.

cheers Darrel
 
Hi all,
I don't think it will do anything to neutralise the ammonia (from chloramine use), but that isn't a definitive answer.
Just found this on a <"page about brewing">, the bits I understand about water quality, on this web page, look about right, so I assume this is as well
The reaction equation for ascorbic acid and chloramine produces ammonium (NH4), chloride, and dehydroascorbic acid
cheers Darrel
 
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