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hypochlorate

hypochlorate is the misconstruction of hypochlorite.

Meaning of hypochlorite

Noun

hypochlorite (plural hypochlorites)

  1. any salt of hypochlorous acid; used as a household bleach.
    • Hypochlorous acid is a weak acid with a pH slightly below neutral. It should not be confused with sodium hypochlorite (NaClO), the main active ingredient in household bleach products, even though they both involve chlorine.2025 May 1, Jen Schwartz, “The magic molecule”, in Scientific American, volume 332, number 5, pages 54-55

Forms of hypochlorate

pluralhypochlorates

Questions about hypochlorate

What is hypochlorate the misconstruction of?
Hypochlorate is the misconstruction of hypochlorite.

Words near hypochlorate in the dictionary

  1. hypochilid
  2. hypochilids
  3. hypochloraemia
  4. hypochloraemias
  5. hypochloraemic
  6. hypochlorate
  7. hypochloremia
  8. hypochloremias
  9. hypochloremic
  10. hypochlorhydria
  11. hypochlorhydrias

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