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Definition of Sodium hypochlorite

1. Noun. An unstable salt (NaOCl) used as a bleaching agent and disinfectant.

Definition of Sodium hypochlorite

1. Noun. (chemistry) The unstable sodium salt of hypochlorous acid, NaOCl, used as a bleach and a fungicide ¹

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Medical Definition of Sodium hypochlorite

1. The sodium salt of hypochlorous acid. It is used as an oxidizing and bleaching agent and as a disinfectant. Pharmacological action: disinfectants, oxidants. Chemical name: Hypochlorous acid, sodium salt (12 Dec 1998)

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Literary usage of Sodium hypochlorite

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1. Laboratory Methods of Inorganic Chemistry by Heinrich Biltz, Wilhelm Biltz (1909)
"Electrolytic Production of sodium hypochlorite and Potassium Chlorate. Sodium hydroxide and chlorine react in cold, aqueous solution, forming sodium ..."

2. Laboratory Methods of Inorganic Chemistry by Heinrich Biltz, Wilhelm Biltz (1909)
"Electrolytic Production of sodium hypochlorite and Potassium Chlorate. Sodium hydroxide and chlorine react in cold, aqueous solution, forming sodium ..."

3. A Systematic Handbook of Volumetric Analysis: Or, The Quantitative by Francis Sutton (1901)
"(4) sodium hypochlorite solution: 100 g1n. of bleaching powder (35 per c«nt. ... The relation of the sodium hypochlorite solution to the sodium thiosulphate ..."

4. Water Purification Plants and Their Operation by Milton Frederick Stein (1920)
"sodium hypochlorite. sodium hypochlorite is obtained by passing an electric current through a solution of common salt (sodium chlorid). ..."

5. Water Purification Plants and Their Operation by Milton Frederick Stein (1915)
"sodium hypochlorite. sodium hypochlorite is obtained by passing an electric current through a solution of common salt (sodium chlorid). ..."

6. Water Purification Plants and Their Operation by Milton Frederick Stein (1920)
"sodium hypochlorite. sodium hypochlorite is obtained by passing an electric current through a solution of common salt (sodium chlorid). ..."

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