Aquamaid Salt:

Aquamaid Swimming Pool Salt is washed salt (sodium chloride) and is produced in Australia by Solar Evaporation, harvested and refined in accordance with good manufacturing practice under a quality system that complies with ISO 9002

Grainsize:   Min. Max. 8.0mm 0% 3% 6.7mm 0% 10% 5.6mm 0% 30% 4.75mm 3% 50% 1.4mm 70% 100% pan 100% 100%
Chemical Profile:       Specification Typical Levels Purity (%NaCL min dry basis) 99.4% 99.6% Moisture (% max) 2.5% 1.90% Insolubles (% max) 0.03% 0.01% Magnesium (mg/kg max) 500 80 Calcium (mg/kg max) 1000 400 Sulphate (mg/kg max) 2500 1200 Iron (mg/kg max) 2 1 Copper (mg/kg max) 1 <1

Sensory Standards:

  Translucent to bright white in colour.  Texture is a mixture of coarse to fine crystals.

Packaging and Labelling Details:

   Packed in white woven polypropylene bags with bonded internal laminate.  Unit is sealed by sewing.  Print colour is dark blue and yellow.  Bags are labelled itth Product Name, net weight, Company Name, address and phone number.  The date of packaging is in the format DD/MM/YY xx hr:min (where "xx" is an internal code used by the sale sites)

   Supplied on clean Chep pallets with a cardboard layer between pallet and bags, 48 x 25kg bags or 1.2 tonne per pallet, each pallet plastic wrapped.

Storage and Transport Conditions:

   Clean, dry storage and transport conditions are required to keep the product as delivered.  Conditions less than 75% relative humidity are most suitable.  Keep out of sunlight to prevent degradation of bags.

   Long-term storage does not adversely affect salt except for caking as salt absorbs / expels moisture from / to the atmosphere.  Fine grain salts are particularly susceptible.  As a guide this product should be sed within 12 - 24 months from manufacture date to avoid significant caking problems, however customers should assess their own individual needs for ordering frequency, stock rotation, stock levels and local conditions.

Salt Origins:

The humble salt crystal originated with the creation of our planet, the metal sodium (chemical symbol Na) and the gas chlorine (Cl₂) combining to form sodium chloride (NaCl) or, as we know it, common salt. Back in those dim dark days of the earth's early history when the first rains started to cool our planet, sodium chloride, along with other soluble minerals, was washed from the ground into the depressions that gradually filled with water to become seas.

Thousands of years ago it is likely that trade in salt was the earliest form of commercial enterprise with caravans from the Sahara basin carrying salt across the desert to the trading centres of Karta, Bambara, Cairo and Timbuktu.

Very early in the history of mankind, salt was found to improve the taste of foods. Ancient civilisations such as the Egyptians, Ethiopians and Phoenicians used salt to preserve food. Salt was often used in lieu of currency - the payment of Roman soldiers with salt is a well known example. In fact it is from the Latin "Sal" that the modern words "soldier" (sal-dare) and "salary" are derived.

Throughout the world salt is obtained either from vast salt beds or by evaporating sea water or other salt brines. Europe, Asia and the Americas are famous for their salt mines. Salt can also be recovered by evaporating purified brine by artificial heat.

The humble salt crystal originated with the creation of our planet, the metal sodium (chemical symbol Na) and the gas chlorine (Cl₂) combining to form sodium chloride (NaCl) or, as we know it, common salt. Back in those dim dark days of the earth's early history when the first rains started to cool our planet, sodium chloride, along with other soluble minerals, was washed from the ground into the depressions that gradually filled with water to become seas.

Thousands of years ago it is likely that trade in salt was the earliest form of commercial enterprise with caravans from the Sahara basin carrying salt across the desert to the trading centres of Karta, Bambara, Cairo and Timbuktu.

Very early in the history of mankind, salt was found to improve the taste of foods. Ancient civilisations such as the Egyptians, Ethiopians and Phoenicians used salt to preserve food. Salt was often used in lieu of currency - the payment of Roman soldiers with salt is a well known example. In fact it is from the Latin "Sal" that the modern words "soldier" (sal-dare) and "salary" are derived.

Throughout the world salt is obtained either from vast salt beds or by evaporating sea water or other salt brines. Europe, Asia and the Americas are famous for their salt mines. Salt can also be recovered by evaporating purified brine by artificial heat.