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The global market for bromine in hot tubs and pools keeps growing. Industrial biocides like bromine are used across many industries, and in pools and hot tubs in particular because they kill the bacteria, algae and other organisms that spoil clean water. Bromine is a favourite for both because it is among the most effective and economical options going.
Bromine comes in three main forms:
- Bromide tablets
- Bromine granules
- Chlorine gas
These differ in cost and how easy they are to use.
Industrial biocides are already widespread in pools, hot tubs, spas and saltwater systems. The market keeps expanding because people everywhere want to stay clean and healthy without much effort, and biocides like bromine have overtaken chlorine on efficiency, cost and ease of use. Bromine is also more eco-friendly than a lot of pool biocides, since it does not create waste or byproducts that harm aquatic life.
Bromine offers several benefits:
- Ease of use. Bromine can be mixed with water at around 2.5%, well below biocides like chlorine, which is typically recommended at 10%.
- High effectiveness. Bromine has longer contact times and clears a wider range of organisms than chlorine, and it does not corrode pool equipment the way chlorine can.
- Bromine's properties let it work at lower concentrations, which means lower cost for pool and hot tub owners.
- Revenue for bromine in the industrial biocides market was expected to reach around $30.43 billion by 2022, with China, the United States and Japan the top producers.
Bromine sales in the United Kingdom, 2021
The UK is a big market for bromine. Revenues have sat at around $18 million since 2013, and sales in 2021 were set to be around $23 million, with the highest volume, about $18 million, sold in the UK that year.
The largest segment accounted for roughly 72% of total revenue and was expected to stay ahead over the following eight years, thanks to bromine's heavy use as a disinfectant in pools and hot tubs. The report breaks the market down across five segments based on application, bromine type and geography.
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