US Patent Issued on Dec. 2 for "Increasing yield of hypobromite when a bromide salt is reacted with bleach" (Nevada Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,168, issued on Dec. 2.

"Increasing yield of hypobromite when a bromide salt is reacted with bleach" was invented by Oleh Weres (Reno, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Adding acid to a solution containing bleach and soluble bromide salt accelerates the reaction producing sodium hypobromite which has a pronounced yellow color. The amount of acid needed to provide complete reaction can be controlled by measuring light absorbed by the solution. Add acid until Absorbance stops increasing, indicating complete conversion of NaBr to NaOBr. The amount of acid added can also be controlled by measuring pH before and after adding NaBr to dilut...