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Hypochlorous Acid

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Noun

1. hypochlorous acid

a weak unstable acid known only in solution and in its salts; used as a bleaching agent and as an oxidizing agent

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Hypochlorous Acid

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noun
an unstable acid known only in solution and in the form of its salts, formed when chlorine dissolves in water: a strong oxidizing and bleaching agent. Formula: HOCl

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Hypochlorous Acid

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a weak unstable acid, HClO, known only in solution and used as a bleaching and oxidizing agent

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Hypochlorous Acid

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n.
A weak, unstable acid, HOCl, occurring only as a greenish-yellow aqueous solution and used as a bleach, oxidizer, deodorant, and disinfectant.

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