Sodium hypochlorite

Sodium hypochlorite is a pale yellow to greenish-yellow aqueous solution with a characteristic chlorine-like odor; it is non-volatile and decomposes before boiling, with no well-defined melting or boiling point due to thermal instability. It is an inorganic oxidizing agent and the sodium salt of hypochlorous acid. It is primarily used as a disinfectant, bleaching agent, and water treatment chemical in municipal, industrial, and household applications. Its main industrial uses include surface disinfection in food processing and healthcare, oxidation in textile and pulp/paper bleaching, and chlorine-based sanitation in swimming pools and wastewater treatment. It serves as a key active ingredient in liquid household bleach and industrial sanitizers, with limited use as a reagent in selective oxidation reactions in fine chemical synthesis.

Aq solution as bleach, disinfectant; chlorination of swimming pools; sanitation of drinking water.
Sodium hypochlorite, NaOCl, is an air-unstable,pale green crystalline solid that is soluble in cold water, decomposes in hot water, and has a sweet aroma. It generally is available in one of two strengths. The household liquid bleach contains about 5.25 wt% NaCIO. The commercial product(sometimes called 15% bleach) contains 150g/L available chlorine. This is equivalent to about 13 wt% sodium hypochlorite. Sodium hypochlorite is used as a bleaching agent for paper pulp and textiles, as an oxidizing reagent, as a disinfectant, as a chemical intermediate,and in medicines.The hypochlorite ion (OCI-) is similar to wet chlorine gas in its effects on materials. Not many metals exhibit good resistance even at low temperatures and concentrations. Because hypochlorite solutions are unstable at neutral and lower pHs,they normally contain excess alkali,which modifies the aggressiveness somewhat.

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