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hypochlorite
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hypochlorite \Hy`po*chlo"rite\, n. (Chem.) A salt of hypochlorous acid; as, a calcium hypochloride.
Wiktionary
n. (context chemistry English) any salt of hypochlorous acid; used as a household bleach
WordNet
n. any salt or ester of hypochlorous acid
Wikipedia
In chemistry, hypochlorite is an ion composed of chlorine and oxygen, with the chemical formula ClO. It can combine with a number of counter ions to form hypochlorites, which may also be regarded as the salts of hypochlorous acid. Common examples include sodium hypochlorite (household bleach) and calcium hypochlorite (bleaching powder, swimming pool "chlorine").
Hypochlorites are frequently quite unstable in their pure forms and for this reason are normally handled as aqueous solutions. Their primary applications are as bleaching, disinfection and water treatment agents but they are also used in chemistry for chlorination and oxidation reactions.
Usage examples of "hypochlorite".
Martin will carry a liter of sodium hypochlorite in case of a spill and I will carry a cylinder of chlorine dioxide if we need to fumigate.
Standing by the incubators and glove boxes, not thinking about anything in particular, breathing in the familiar odors of warm plastic and hypochlorite, the faint tang of methanol and the yeasty must of nutrient concentrate, allowing them to calm her.
She needed vacu-containers with anticoagulants, plastic bags, and sodium hypochlorite to decontaminate the outside of the bags.
After each was sealed, she washed its exterior with sodium hypochlorite, then put it in a second bag.
He also explained that the staff employed to man the floors were all specifically trained by his people, that laboratory work had been restricted to what could be done in a hastily set up unit on one of the isolated floors and that everything used by the patients was being washed with sodium hypochlorite before being directly incinerated.
According to this method a stock solution of hypochlorite of lime was added to the water, the amount necessary for any given water being determined by a solution of potassium iodide and starch.
Small tablets of hypochlorite of lime, each one sufficient to sterilize a pail of water, were also ordered and issued to the first Canadian division, and proved useful.
The odor of sodium hypochlorite was strong near the sink, but Pierre braved it to stand menacingly over Blake.
But where pollutants from humanplayer stay in pool, use chlorine donor to obtain efficient disinfectant residual: Sodium Hypochlorite dispensed via automatic dosing pump.
Calcium hypochlorite can be used to purify water, which, in combination with a good filtration system, can cut typhoid and diarrheal diseases practically to zero.
Calcium hypochlorite can be used to purify water, which, in combination with a good filtration system, can cut typhoid and diarrheal diseases practically to zero.
Here in Essen we are producing a disinfectant that is also a bleaching powder, calcium hypochlorite.
The dye is tested by adding a solution of calcium hypochlorite to the alcoholic tincture, when a deep blood-red colour, quickly fading, should appear, or the plants can be macerated in a weak solution of ammonia, which should produce a rich violet-red.
A textile processing plant in Mississippi State was pumping chemicals into the river, sodium hydroxide and sodium hypochlorite and chlorine, all mixing with the river water and forming a deadly acidic cocktail.
After each was sealed, she washed its exterior with sodium hypochlorite, then put it in a second bag.