At lower pH, free chlorine is predominantly hypochlorous acid HOCl, which disinfects more effectively than hypochlorite OCl⁻. Of these choices,**pH6,A** provides the greatest HOCl fraction. Increasing pH shifts the equilibrium toward OCl⁻.
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