More from Clorox experts. Question What is bleach? Subscribe for tips and offers. Sign up for Clorox newsletter Get cleaning tips, product updates, promotional offers and more to your inbox. You're in! This is the beginning of something great. The page you are navigating to is not available in Spanish. An Important Safety Message Bleach and other disinfectants are not suitable for consumption or injection under any circumstances.
Improper use of bleach may reduce its effectiveness in disinfection and also lead to accidents which can be harmful to health. Overuse of bleach or using a bleach solution that is too concentrated results in the production of toxic substances that pollute the environment and disturb ecological balance. Tools and Equipment Before cleaning, get all necessary tools and equipment ready. Cleaning tools: Brush, mop, towel, spray can and bucket.
Measuring tools: Tablespoon and measuring cup. Protective gear: Mask, rubber gloves, plastic apron and goggles recommended. Put on protective gear when diluting or using bleach as it irritates mucous membranes, the skin and the airway.
Cold water should be used for dilution as hot water decomposes the active ingredient of bleach and renders it ineffective. Bleach containing 5. Make adjustments to the amount of bleach added if its concentration of sodium hypochlorite is above or below 5.
Its main use is to remove colour, whiten or disinfect clothing or surfaces, and is invaluable in most modern kitchens and bathrooms.
Sodium hypochlorite is used on a huge scale in agriculture, and industries such as chemical, paint, lime, food, glass, paper, pharmaceuticals, synthetics and waste disposal. It is often added to industrial waste water to reduce odours, since NaOCl neutralizes H 2 S and ammonia. It is also used to detoxify the cyanide baths used in metal-plating processes, and to prevent algae and shellfish growth in cooling towers.
It is also used to purify water supplies and swimming pools. Liquid bleaching agents based on sodium hypochlorite were developed in by the Frenchman Claude Louis Berthollet picture, left. It was then introduced to the population by the Javel company under the name liqueur de Javel. At first, it was used to bleach cotton, but soon became a popular compound for bleaching other clothing materials since it was quickly found that the sodium hypochlorite could remove stains from clothes at room temperature.
In France, sodium hypochlorite is still known as eau de Javel. Sodium hypochlorite is a white powder which dissolves in water to give a slightly yellowish solution with a characteristic odour. Different concentrations of sodium hypochlorite have different potencies in terms of their bleaching effect. NaOCl as a powder Barthollet's original production method involved passing Cl 2 through a sodium carbonate solution, but the resulting solution of sodium hypochlorite was quite weak.
In fact, addition of chlorine gas to water gives both hydrochloric acid and hypochlorous acid:.
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