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Definition of Hypochlorous acid

1. Noun. A weak unstable acid known only in solution and in its salts; used as a bleaching agent and as an oxidizing agent.

Definition of Hypochlorous acid

1. Noun. (chemistry) a weak, unstable acid, HOCl, known only in solution; it is made by the action of chlorine on water and, along with its salts, the hypochlorites, is used as a household bleach ¹

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Medical Definition of Hypochlorous acid

1. An oxyacid of chlorine containing monovalent chlorine that acts as an oxidizing or reducing agent. It is derived from chlorine, not known in a pure state, but forming various salts, called hypochlorites. Chemical name: Hypochlorous acid (12 Dec 1998)

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Literary usage of Hypochlorous acid

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1. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"The alkali liberated by hypochlorous acid and the total iodine are ... To • this the sample containing the hypochlorous acid and chlorine are added. ..."

2. Chemistry, Inorganic and Organic: With Experiments by Charles Loudon Bloxam, John Millar Thomson (1907)
"HgCl.,, whilst the hypochlorous acid and a little mercuric chloride remain in solution. A solution of the acid, containing calcium chloride, ..."

3. Manual of Qualitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1897)
"Free hypochlorous acid, acting upon mercury, produces yellowish-brown mercuric ... If so little hypochlorous acid is present, with much chlorine, ..."

4. The Principles of Inorganic Chemistry by Wilhelm Ostwald (1904)
"Properties of hypochlorous acid.—The aqueous solution of hypochlorous acid, ... The great similarity shown by the solution of hypochlorous acid to an ..."

5. Analytical Chemistry by Frederick Pearson Treadwell (1910)
"hypochlorous acid, HC10. Mol. Wt. 52.47. hypochlorous acid is always determined volumetrically and will bs discussed in Part II of this book, ..."

6. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller, Charles Edward Groves, Herbert McLeod (1878)
"A very interesting method of forming hypochlorous acid is to pass air saturated ... The distillate is a dilute solution of hypochlorous acid formed by the ..."

7. Treatise on General and Industrial Inorganic Chemistry by Ettore Molinari (1912)
"hypochlorous acid : HOC1. This compound is known in aqueous solution only. ... From a given quantity of hypochlorous acid double the amount of oxygen can be ..."

8. General Chemistry for Colleges by Alexander Smith (1908)
"187) to give hypochlorous acid (see below). It is for the purpose of getting this acid, which is a powerful bleaching agent, that the hypochlorites are ..."

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