A short description of the chemistry of bleach action.
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A short description of the chemistry of bleach action is given. This posting gives an understabding of what is a bleach and what are various types of bleaches i.e oxidizing and reducing bleaches. A number of chemical compounds used in common bleaches are given.
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Bleach is a chemical compound that removes the color from an object or makes it white by an oxidation or a reduction process. Common household bleaches are the CLOROX which is a 3-6% solution of sodium hypochlorite(NaClO) and an oxygen bleach such as OXY-PRIME or OXY-BOOST which contains hydrogen peroxide or peroxide releasing compounds.The common peroxide releasing compounds are perborates, percarbonates, persulphates and perphosphates of sodium. Some bleaches may contain catalysts ...
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