SCIENTIFIC NAME/TYPICALLY PACKAGED AND SOLD AS: Some pool owners refer to chemicals by their "scientific name" while other pool owners refer to these same chemicals by the name they are "typically packaged and sold as." The following table is a cross-reference:
| Scientific Name | Typically packaged and sold as |
| Hypochlorous Acid | Chlorine Gas |
| Sodium Hypochlorite | Liquid Chlorine |
| Dichlor* | Granular Chlorine |
| Tichlor** | Chlorine Tablets |
| Cyanuric Acid | Conditioner Stabilizer |
| Calcium Hypochlorite | Shock (chlorine-based) |
| Lithium Hypochlorite | Shock (chlorine-based) |
| Potassium Peroxymonosulfate | Non-chlorine Shock |
| Sodium Bisulfate*** | pH Decreaser pH Minus |
| Sodium Bicarbonate | Alkalinity Increaser Alkalinity Up Alkalinity Plus |
| Sodium Carbonate | pH Increaser pH Up pH Plus |
| Calcium Chloride | Hardness Increaser Hardness Up Hardness Plus |
| Algistat | Maintenance Algaecide Preventative Algaecide |
| Algaecide | Varies due to types of algae *Consult your local pool professional |
| Coagulent | Clarifier |
| Flocculent | Clarifier Floc-and-Vac Drop-and-Vac |
| Metal Sequestering Agent | Metal Out Stain and Scale |
| *The actual scientific name for Dichlor (Granular Chlorine) is Sodium dichloro-s-triazinetrione.
**The actual scientific name for Trichlor (Chlorine Tablets) is trichloro-triazinetrione. ***Sodium Bisulfate lowers both pH and Alkalinity. |
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