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HYPOCHLOROUS ACID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hypochlorous acid mean?
• HYPOCHLOROUS ACID (noun)
The noun HYPOCHLOROUS ACID has 1 sense:
1. a weak unstable acid known only in solution and in its salts; used as a bleaching agent and as an oxidizing agent
Familiarity information: HYPOCHLOROUS ACID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A weak unstable acid known only in solution and in its salts; used as a bleaching agent and as an oxidizing agent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("hypochlorous acid" is a kind of...):
acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)
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