hypochlorite

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hy·po·chlo·rite

 (hī′pə-klôr′īt′)
n.
The univalent anionic ClO group derived from hypochlorous acid, or a compound containing this group.
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hypochlorite

(ˌhaɪpəˈklɔːraɪt)
n
(Elements & Compounds) any salt or ester of hypochlorous acid
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hy•po•chlo•rite

(ˌhaɪ pəˈklɔr aɪt, -ˈkloʊr-)

n.
a salt or ester of hypochlorous acid.
[1840–50]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.hypochlorite - any salt or ester of hypochlorous acid
calcium hypochlorite - any hypochlorite of calcium; used as a bleaching agent
salt - a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
sodium hypochlorite - an unstable salt (NaOCl) used as a bleaching agent and disinfectant
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[ClickPress, Tue May 14 2019] This report analyzes and MRRSE the market for calcium hypochlorite at the global and regional level.
Calcium hypochlorite (Ca[(OCl).sub.2]) is used for industrial sterilization as well as for the whitening, treatment, and purification of water because it is easily dissolved in distilled water (11, 12).
Sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) is the most widely used disinfectant in many industries despite the increasing availability of other disinfectants.
Our current approach for children referred with recurrent SSTI is household decolonization with nasal mupirocin and daily hexachloradine baths or showers or hypochlorite baths.
56 incisors were endodontically prepared with the ProtaperA system and were irrigated with Sodium hypochlorite at 2.5%.
Gas-phase chlorine dioxide treatments were more effective than hypochlorite treatments at penetrating into confined topographical features to effectively deactivate biofilms.
Hypochlorite ion is a non-selective, highly reactive oxidant for a wide range of cellular and subcellular compounds, and inactivation of enzymes and interference of DNA synthesis were reported (Albrich et al., 1981; McKenna and Davies, 1988; Rakita et al., 1990; Ducan and Daniele, 1996).
Sodium hypochlorite (NaClO) is the active constituent in chlorine bleach, a powerful oxidizer and bleaching agent.
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