Sodium hypochlorite breakdown
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Richard Chivers
May 10, 2024, 5:12:05 PM5/10/24
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Hello all, it has been a very long time me. I am now retired.
I became rather too ill to continue effectively and now spend my time writing stories for my kids - although both grown up and working in universities, - but I don’t want them to think their old man has reached his dotage without leaving something for them, in this case a couple of novels with my main character a girl called Erid Nightshade. Gritty, not pretty, as I put in the blurb.
But to business. When used, Sodium hypochlorite, I believe breaks down to leave sodium chloride and water but I do not know the reaction, as my understanding is that the chlorine ion attaches to organic material and is therefore bound up. If so, how come there are ions left to join with the sodium to create salt?
Can anyone explain this to me please?
Many thanks and I hope you are all well and in good spirits.
Kind regards,
Richard Chivers
I became rather too ill to continue effectively and now spend my time writing stories for my kids - although both grown up and working in universities, - but I don’t want them to think their old man has reached his dotage without leaving something for them, in this case a couple of novels with my main character a girl called Erid Nightshade. Gritty, not pretty, as I put in the blurb.
But to business. When used, Sodium hypochlorite, I believe breaks down to leave sodium chloride and water but I do not know the reaction, as my understanding is that the chlorine ion attaches to organic material and is therefore bound up. If so, how come there are ions left to join with the sodium to create salt?
Can anyone explain this to me please?
Many thanks and I hope you are all well and in good spirits.
Kind regards,
Richard Chivers
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