What is your response to a friend who says that there are no ions whatsoever in a glass of pure water?
Clorox is a laundry bleaching agent used to remove stains from white clothes. Suggest why the name begins with Clor- and ends with -ox.
2006-11-30 02:44:47 · 3 answers · asked by J 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
a) You friend is wrong. Even pure water has some OH- and H3O+ ions. The concentrations are very low (10^-7), but they are there.
b) There is Clorine in Clorox (sodium hypochlorite), and the bleaching reaction causes oxidation.
2006-11-30 02:51:05 · answer #1 · answered by borscht 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) Tell your firend that indeed there is a formation of ions in a glass of pure water becasue as you know, water dissociates as follows:
2H2O <-----> H3O(+) + OH(-)
But the process is extremely fast. A question or mere nanoseconds, so in a large scale is as if there were no isolated ions.
2) Regarding the Clorox: CLOR- because is made with HipoCLORite of sodium and -OX because Chlorine is a very OXidant element.
That's it!
Good luck!
2006-11-30 03:00:28 · answer #2 · answered by CHESSLARUS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are always some H+ and OH- ions in water. Redox reactions are always equilibrium reactions, which means that there will always be some concentration of both reactants and products. I forget what the concentrations are of H+ and OH- in pure water, but it is low enough that it does not conduct electricity very well.
CLOROX: The name means it is an oxidizing agent whose active ingredient is chlorine.
/dang it, he beat me to it. Oh well, he is right... and his figure of 10^-7 is the correct concentration, too, as I recall.
2006-11-30 02:53:18 · answer #3 · answered by computerguy103 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋