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74.44 g/mol
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SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE
CAS7681-52-9EC231-668-3
Category
Industrial Chemical
Compound Class
Inorganic Salt
Primary Use
Disinfectant and bleaching agent
Sodium hypochlorite is an alkaline inorganic compound and the sodium salt of hypochlorous acid. It is widely known in dilute aqueous solution as bleach or chlorine bleach, and is primarily used as a disinfectant and bleaching agent.
Disinfectant for surfaces and waterBleaching agent for textiles and paper
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Safety Reference
Danger
H314Causes severe skin burns and eye damage
H318Causes serious eye damage
H400Very toxic to aquatic life
H410Very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects
H290May be corrosive to metals
H315Causes skin irritation
H335May cause respiratory irritation
H411Toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects
H373May cause damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure
H371May cause damage to organs
Identifiers
IUPAC Name
sodium hypochlorite
InChIKey
SUKJFIGYRHOWBL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
[O-]Cl.[Na+]
Synonyms (70)
- Sodium hypochlorite (JAN/USP)
- 84 Disinfectant
- AD Gel
- ANTIFORMIN, DENTAL
- Airocare
- Antiformin
- B-K liquid
- Caswell No. 776
- Chloros
- Chlorox
- Cloralex
- Cloropool
- Clorox
- Clorox liquid bleach
- Dakins Full
- Dakins half
- Dakins quarter
- Dental antiformin
- Deosan
- Deosan Green Label Steriliser
- Di-Dak-Sol
- Dispatch
- HANNA DISINFECTANTspray
- Hospital Milton
- Household Bleach Detox
- Household Bleach Detox 6042
- Household bleach
- Hyclorite
- Hypochlorite sodium
- Hyposan and Voxsan
- Hypure
- Hypure N
- Javelle water
- Javex
- Klorocin
- Milton
- Milton Crystals
- Milton in emuls wax
- Milton in liq paraf
- Milton no.2
- NaOClean E-Water
- Natrum hypochlorosum
- Neo-cleaner
- Neoseptal CL
- Neutral oxidation
- Parozone
- Purin B
- QIAN BAO Disinfectant
- SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE
- SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE [MART.]
- Sodium hypochlorite (NaClO)
- Sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl)
- Sodium oxychloride
- Sunnysol 150
- Surchlor
- Texant
- Texant (TN)
- XY 12
- Youxiaolin
- chlorine base compound
- sodium hypochiorite
- sodium hypochloride