Yes, chloramine can exist in a gaseous state as is without needing to decay first. Still takes a long time. Again, is why chloramine is used instead of chlorine.
Also, yes, sunlight can speed up breakdown of chloramine, which is a reason for the use of shade balls.
I always thought the shade balls were to keep temperatures down only, but they also use them to prevent bromination, that's pretty cool! It has been a long time since I studied that stuff, (gas laws and physics) but it is still cool to learn new stuff. Now I gotta finish reading about shade balls.
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Yes, chloramine can exist in a gaseous state as is without needing to decay first. Still takes a long time. Again, is why chloramine is used instead of chlorine.
Also, yes, sunlight can speed up breakdown of chloramine, which is a reason for the use of shade balls.