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HIPOCLORITO SODIO [3 records]

Record 1 2011-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
CONT

The sulfur from terpenic spirits requires deodorization from soda chloride (30 g/l). This process generates soluble oxidized sulfur products and soluble chlorinate derivatives.

CONT

Colored daguerrotypes. ... To produce ... six other rays of the solar spectrum, the same method used to produce the red color is followed with other substances. The chloride of calcium for an orange, the chloride of soda of potassium, or pure chlorine, for yellow; ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
CONT

Ici, l'eau [...] subit juste un traitement au dioxyde de chlore (composé à 25 % de chlorure de soude).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
OBS

Término proveniente del Código Sanitario Internacional para los Animales Acuáticos, 2002.

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Record 2 2011-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Food Additives
  • Medication
  • Pulp Preparation (papermaking)
Universal entry(ies)
NaClO
formula, see observation
7681-52-9
CAS number
DEF

An unstable sodium salt used as an antioxidant, bleaching agent, antiseptic and analytical reagent. A preservative for cheese.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Additifs alimentaires
  • Médicaments
  • Préparation de la pâte à papier
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
NaClO
formula, see observation
7681-52-9
CAS number
DEF

Sel sodique instable employé comme antioxydant, agent de blanchiment, antiseptique et réactif analytique. Conservateur de certains fromages.

OBS

L'hypochlorite de sodium est un composé chimique de formule NaClO. La solution aqueuse d'hypochlorite de sodium est appelée eau de Javel ou parfois simplement Javel.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Aditivos alimentarios
  • Medicamentos
  • Preparación de la pasta (fabricación de papel)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
NaClO
formula, see observation
7681-52-9
CAS number
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Record 3 2008-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
DEF

An aqueous solution containing sodium hypochlorite and some sodium chloride, used as a [whitening agent] and disinfectant.

CONT

In effect, bleach solution is a whitening and disinfecting agent compose of water, sodium hypochlorite, sodium chloride, and soda, in a nonuniform manner. Solutions are marketed in two forms: concentrated bleach solution and diluted bleach solution in bottles. Poisoning from this product often occurs accidentally and particularly among children less than 5 years of age. Nonetheless, this poisoning may occur in adults, especially in the event the product is removed from its package or in a professional setting.

CONT

Commonly the most dangerous chemical found in a household, bleach is an inorganic aqueous solution of 5.25% sodium hypochlorite. Bleach is a clear to yellowish liquid with a distinct chlorine like odor. Often mistakenly referred to as "chlorine bleach" because of its strong smell, bleach does not release a considerable amount of chlorine gas during its normal mode of action.

OBS

Javel water takes its name from the ancient village of Javel, now just one of Paris' many neighbourhoods. In 1777, Count d'Artois founded the "Manufacture pour les Acides et Sels minéraux" in Javel, where the chemist Claude-Louis Berthollet worked. While searching for a method that would ease the work of washerwomen who had to whiten clothes by exposing them to sunlight, Berthollet came across a water solution that bleached cloth artificially, and he called it "eau de Javel."

OBS

Javel water [also means] a solution of potassium hypochlorite now little used.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
DEF

Mélange d'hypochlorite et de chlorure de sodium utilisé comme décolorant, désinfectant, microbicide, etc.

OBS

Claude Louis BERTHOLLET [...] étudia également les propriétés du chlore (acide marin déphlogistiqué), ce qui le conduisit à la découverte de l'eau de Javel appelée à l'époque «lessive de BERTHOLLET». On l'a nommée javel car c'est à Javel, un ancien village, aujourd'hui un quartier de Paris, qu'on la fabriqua.

OBS

En 1820, le pharmacien Antoine Germain Labarraque étudie les qualités désinfectantes des dérivés chlorés et des hypochlorites de potassium et de sodium. Il met au point une solution de chlorure et d'hypochlorite de sodium qu'il appelle «liqueur de Labarraque». En 1900 on appelait eau de Javel l'hypochlorite de potassium, et eau de Labbaraque, l'hypochlorite de sodium. Plus tard, le procédé de fabrication a remplacé le potassium par le sodium, sans changement de nom.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
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