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2006-07-27 19:05:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
there are abassadors from the devil in every drop, with the sole intention of destroying life!!
No just kidding.
It has to do with organic chemistry. Basically, bleach has chlorine in it, making it a very unstable, reactive compound. Imagine the Rambo at a communist convention: the chlorine hates being there.
In short, it will react specifically with the types of compounds that compose organic compounds (namely hydrocarbons) and otherwise cause chain reactions that strip the life-chemical into non-life-chemicals.
I know it's a lot of hand-waving, but that's the basic idea.
btw: bleach has no hcl in it, but a similar, safer form.
2006-07-27 19:12:15 · answer #1 · answered by rainphys 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Simply put, Bleach is the common name for a very diluted form of Hydrochloric Acid, or HCl. Organic materials always have Carbon (which is why organic chemistry always uses carbon).
Carbon is trying to add on more electrons, and Hydrogen (H) and Chlorine (Cl) are trying to give their electrons away. In these subatomic reactions, the electrons shared between carbon atoms (carbon bonds) will adhere to a single carbon atom or molecule, thus breaking down a larger molecule.
2006-07-27 19:17:12 · answer #2 · answered by Rudy G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bleach is hypochlorous acid which is extremely reactive with organic molecules. The human immune system produces hypochlorous acid to destroy bacterial cell membranes and thus, the bacteria.
2006-07-27 19:10:12 · answer #3 · answered by Doctor J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Enzymes, between different applications, digest polymers. Stains are in many cases brought about via proteins (that are polymers of amino acids). Take case in point blood stain--proteases (maximum person-friendly enzyme interior the detergent w/ enzyme) destroy down the hemoglobin protein which then (a) releases the iron (it quite is the colour interior the stain) and (b) facilitates smaller protein fragments to be washed off the fabric. Sorry to your MIGRAINE yet on account that i be attentive to this fabric, i'm no longer doing the information superhighway website seek to your chum. good seek keyword phrases to your chum: enzyme, stain removing.
2016-11-03 04:21:34 · answer #4 · answered by saturnio 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a base, bases break down organic matter and acids break down metals.
2006-07-27 19:09:53 · answer #5 · answered by nathanael_beal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plain and simple, it's an acid.
2006-07-27 19:11:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋