hypochlorous acid

hypochlorous acid

English

Noun

hypochlorous acid (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) a weak, unstable acid, HOCl, known only in solution; it is made by the action of chlorine on water and, along with its salts, the hypochlorites, is used as a household bleach

Translations

a weak acid; HOCl

Chinese: Cantonese: 次氯酸 (ci3 luk6 syun1) Mandarin: 次氯酸 (zh) (cìlǜsuān) Hungarian: hipoklórossav Romanian: acid hipocloros (ro) m

See also

• hydrochloric acid
• chloric acid
• perchloric acid