hypochlorous acid

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   a weak unstable acid known only in solution and in its salts; used as a bleaching agent and as an oxidizing agent

   Broaderacid

Questions about hypochlorous acid

What does hypochlorous acid mean?

hypochlorous acid means "a weak unstable acid known only in solution and in its salts; used as a bleaching agent and as an oxidizing agent".

Is hypochlorous acid a common word?

hypochlorous acid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.