How can a small amount of a certain liquid act in a enormous amount of another liquid, like chlorine in a water reservoir?
In: Chemistry
It’s all about the concentration. You only need a small amount of chlorine molecules per unit of water to keep it clean. So, if you take a highly concentrated chlorine solution, you can dissolve a small volume of that into the reservoir to get the right (small) amount of chlorine per unit of water.
The chlorine doesn’t act on the water, it acts on the germs and other bad stuff in the water. So it’s a small amount acting on a small amount, not a big amount.
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