hypochlorous acid

English

Etymology

hypo- +‎ chlorous acid

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 (hu)
• Romanian: acid hipocloros (ro) m

See also

• hydrochloric acid
• chloric acid
• perchloric acid