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sodium hypochlorite

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ID 732292 Last modified 16.10.2015
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Domain inorganic chemistry
  • the sodium salt of hypochlorous acid, having germinal and disinfectant properties
sodium hypochlorite
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  • The electrolysis of aqueous sodium chloride produces sodium hypochlorite, NaOCl, a compound of sodium, oxygen, and chlorine used in large quantities in household chlorine bleach. Sodium hypochlorite is also utilized as an industrial bleach for paper pulp and textiles, for chlorination of water, and in certain medicinal preparations as an antiseptic and a fungicide.
hypochlorite de sodium

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