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hypochlorites

hypochlorites is the plural 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

Questions about hypochlorites

What is hypochlorites the plural of?
Hypochlorites is the plural of hypochlorite.

Words near hypochlorites in the dictionary

  1. hypochloric
  2. hypochloridaemia
  3. hypochloride
  4. hypochloridria
  5. hypochlorite
  6. hypochlorites
  7. hypochlorous
  8. hypochlorous acid
  9. hypochodroplasia
  10. hypocholesteraemia
  11. hypocholesteremia

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