2006-08-25 09:52:06 · 9 answers · asked by Goldfish 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Uh-huh.
Sodium hypochlorite, NaClO, is a strong oxidizing agent. This stems from the action of hypochlorous acid that forms from reaction of the chlorate ion with water.
First,
NaClO ---> Na+ + ClO-
Simultaneously,
ClO- + H2O ---> HClO + OH-
Hypochlorous acid (HClO) is a strong oxidizing agent that gives the "bleaching" action of sodium hypochlorite.
2006-08-25 10:25:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
NaClO is indeed an oxidizing agent. It is not particularly powerful in fact we used it in organic to obtain butanal instead of butanoic acid. A strong oxidizing agent would be something like a hexavalent chromium compound with sulfuric acid.
Also you can tell it's an oxidizing agent by the fact that the Cl is in a +1 oxidation state and not it's stable -1 oxidation state.
2006-08-25 12:33:56 · answer #2 · answered by Magnetochemist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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a. I'm guessing that they are used to react with potassium iodide. They oxidise the iodide ion to the tri-iodide complex. b. Sodium thiosulfate reduces tri-iodide to iodide. c. Iodide functions as a reducing agent, since the hypochlorite ion is the oxidising agent. d. I3- is an oxidising agent, since it oxidises thiosulfate to tetrathionate (S2O3 2- to S4O6 2-)
2016-04-03 12:28:57 · answer #3 · answered by Susan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just a note: to some comments: "oxidising" in the British spelling, "oxidizing" is the American, so both are correct.
Generally most chemicals with "hypo" prefix is an oxidising agent. If there is a fire, it would provide oxygen to it:
eg. hypochlorite, hypochlorate, hypochromate,
2006-08-25 10:45:24 · answer #4 · answered by borscht 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, Sodium hypochlorite, discovered by Berthollet, a French chemist of Lavoisier's time, is definitely a strong oxisizing agent. That's is why it is the active ingredient in bleach.
That was Berthollet's claim to fame as he thought John Dalton's ideas about atoms were nonsense.
2006-08-25 11:10:36 · answer #5 · answered by Alan Turing 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. When I was looking after a swimming pool I used to take dry NaOCl2 home, mix it with sugar and make fireworks.
2006-08-25 13:16:41 · answer #6 · answered by zee_prime 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you mean "oxidizing" agent? It sure is! Yup. Yes. Da. Oui.
2006-08-25 10:19:54 · answer #7 · answered by MrZ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes sure is.
2006-08-25 10:22:46 · answer #8 · answered by Harry 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hydro-chloride ...(chlorine) I don't know, look it up...I think -ide is the prefix for an extra oxygen molecule...
2006-08-25 09:57:05 · answer #9 · answered by bjoybeads 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋