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Bleach Dilution Calculator

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Calculates the amount of bleach and water needed to achieve a desired chlorine concentration for disinfection purposes.

How To Use

How to use this calculator

Start with your values, or try a preset.

Step 1

Enter Desired Chlorine Concentration, Bleach Concentration, and Final Volume of Solution in the units shown.

Step 2

Read Volume of Bleach Needed and Volume of Water Needed in the results panel. Results update as you change the inputs.

Step 3

Choose a preset to load an example, then adjust the values for your situation.

Worked Examples

Example calculations

See the inputs and their calculated results.

General Disinfection

Desired Chlorine Concentration: 200 ppm; Bleach Concentration: 5 %; Final Volume of Solution: 1 liters

Volume of Bleach Needed: 0.004 liters; Volume of Water Needed: 0.996 liters

Heavy Duty Cleaning

Desired Chlorine Concentration: 1,000 ppm; Bleach Concentration: 5 %; Final Volume of Solution: 1 liters

Volume of Bleach Needed: 0.02 liters; Volume of Water Needed: 0.98 liters

Food Contact Surfaces

Desired Chlorine Concentration: 200 ppm; Bleach Concentration: 5 %; Final Volume of Solution: 0.5 liters

Volume of Bleach Needed: 0.002 liters; Volume of Water Needed: 0.498 liters

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