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SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE

Sodium hypochlorite is an unstable oxidising compound of sodium, oxygen and chlorine with the formulae NaOCl, produced by the electrolysis of sodium chloride and only known to exist in aqueous solution. Sodium hypochlorite is extensively used in household bleach, in industrial bleach for bleaching paper pulp and textiles, for the chlorination of water and in medicine as an antiseptic and fungicide.
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