does bleach contain sodium hydroxide?

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does bleach contain sodium hydroxide?

2007-03-14 14:03:48 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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Hell no! It would burn right through your clothing. I think you mean NaOCl, sodium hypochlorite, the active ingredient in bleach. It is produced from a reaction of chlorine gas with NaOH, sodium hydroxide. Yet it is basic and corrosive, just not as corrosive as NaOH.

2007-03-14 14:08:16 · answer #1 · answered by bloggerdude2005 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Thought it was Sodium Hypoclorite. Or was it chlorate? Hydroxide is used in Drano.

2007-03-14 21:09:33 · answer #2 · answered by steve.c_50 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Regular household bleach is sodium hypochlorite. NaClO

2007-03-14 21:16:36 · answer #3 · answered by nerdy girl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋