1.0 2010-04-08 22:11:49 UTC 2025-11-19 00:54:42 UTC FDB015395 Sodium hypochlorite Bleaching agent for starch; also used in washing and lye peeling of fruits and vegetables Chlorination of drinking water can oxidize organic contaminants, producing trihalomethanes (also called haloforms), which are carcinogenic. The extent of the hazard thus created is a subject of disagreement.; Household bleach sold for use in laundering clothes is a 3-6% solution of sodium hypochlorite at the time of manufacture. Strength varies from one formulation to another and gradually decreases with long storage.; Sodium hypochlorite is a chemical compound with the formula NaClO. Sodium hypochlorite solution, commonly known as bleach, is frequently used as a disinfectant or a bleaching agent.; Sodium hypochlorite is a strong oxidizer. Products of the oxidation reactions are corrosive. Solutions burn skin and cause eye damage, particularly when used in concentrated forms. However, as recognized by the NFPA, only solutions containing more than 40% sodium hypochlorite by weight are considered hazardous oxidizers. Solutions less than 40% are classified as a moderate oxidizing hazard (NFPA 430, 2000).; Sodium thiosulfate (hypo) is an effective chlorine neutralizer. Rinsing with a 5 mg/L solution, followed by washing with soap and water, quickly removes chlorine odor from the hands. Ad gel Antiformin B-k liquid Chloric(I) acid sodium salt Chlorinated water (sodium hypochlorite) Chloros Chlorox Cloralex Cloropool Clorox Clorox liquid bleach Deosan Deosan green label steriliser Di-dak-sol Dispatch Exsept Exsept (0.114%) Hospital milton Household bleach Hyclorite Hypochlorite sodium Hypochlorous acid sodium salt, 8CI Hypochlorous acid, sodium salt Hypochlorous acid, sodium salt (1:1) Hyposan and voxsan Hypure Hypure n Javel water Javelle water Javex Klorocin Milton Milton crystals Natrum hypochlorosum Neo-cleaner Neoseptal CL Parozone Purin b Sodium chlorate(I) Sodium hypochlorite (jan/usp) Sodium hypochlorite (naclo) Sodium hypochlorite (naocl) Sodium hypochlorite [hypochloride salts] Sodium hypochlorite [usan:jan] Sodium oxychloride Sunnysol 150 Surchlor Texant Texant (TN) Youxiaolin ClNaO 74.442 73.953537004 sodium hypochlorite sodium hypochlorite 7681-52-9 [Na+].[O-]Cl InChI=1S/ClO.Na/c1-2;/q-1;+1 SUKJFIGYRHOWBL-UHFFFAOYSA-N belongs to the class of inorganic compounds known as alkali metal hypochlorites. These are inorganic compounds in which the largest oxoanion is hypochlorite, and in which the heaviest atom not in an oxoanion is an alkali metal. Alkali metal hypochlorites Inorganic compounds Mixed metal/non-metal compounds Alkali metal oxoanionic compounds Alkali metal hypochlorites Inorganic oxides Inorganic sodium salts Alkali metal hypochlorite Inorganic oxide Inorganic salt Inorganic sodium salt inorganic sodium salt liquid melting_point 18 oC logp 0.32 ChemAxon pka_strongest_acidic 10.13 ChemAxon pka_strongest_basic -4.9 ChemAxon iupac sodium hypochlorite ChemAxon average_mass 74.442 ChemAxon mono_mass 73.953537004 ChemAxon smiles [Na+].[O-]Cl ChemAxon formula ClNaO ChemAxon inchi InChI=1S/ClO.Na/c1-2;/q-1;+1 ChemAxon inchikey SUKJFIGYRHOWBL-UHFFFAOYSA-N ChemAxon polar_surface_area 23.06 ChemAxon refractivity 7.58 ChemAxon polarizability 3.15 ChemAxon rotatable_bond_count 0 ChemAxon acceptor_count 1 ChemAxon donor_count 0 ChemAxon physiological_charge 0 ChemAxon formal_charge 0 ChemAxon Specdb::MsMs 1251922 Specdb::MsMs 1251923 Specdb::MsMs 1251924