sodium hypochlorite

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   an unstable salt (NaOCl) used as a bleaching agent and disinfectant

   Broaderhypochloritebleaching agentdisinfectant

   NarrowerJavelle water

Questions about sodium hypochlorite

What does sodium hypochlorite mean?

sodium hypochlorite means "an unstable salt (NaOCl) used as a bleaching agent and disinfectant".

Is sodium hypochlorite a common word?

sodium hypochlorite 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.