Quote Originally Posted by CarlD View Post
Actually, not. Bleach IS alkaline, but the acidic reaction of chlorine in the water (ask Chem_Geek if you need an explanation) negates it almost perfectly. So bleach neither raises nor lowers your pH...
I'm perfectly well aware of Richard's explanations of these processes. That's why I said that bleach will cause pH to rise "to a very small extent". After rereading Richard's explanation (see posts 9, 12, and 14 in particular), I'm still pretty sure that particular statement is accurate. The point of my post, however, was not to argue a fine point about pH and TA. I was simply trying to point out, in a non-confrontational way, what might have been the basis for chemicalbalance's statements.