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  2. Calcium hypochlorite - Wikipedia

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    Calcium hypochlorite is an inorganic compound with chemical formula Ca(Cl O) 2, also written as Ca(OCl) 2.It is a white solid, although commercial samples appear yellow. It strongly smells of chlorine, owing to its slow decomposition in moist air.

  3. Bleach - Wikipedia

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    "Bleaching powder" usually refers to a formulation containing calcium hypochlorite. [citation needed] Oxidizing bleaching agents that do not contain chlorine are usually based on peroxides, such as hydrogen peroxide, sodium percarbonate, and sodium perborate. These bleaches are called "non-chlorine bleach", "oxygen bleach", or "color-safe bleach".

  4. Miracle Mineral Supplement - Wikipedia

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    Miracle Mineral Supplement, often referred to as Miracle Mineral Solution, Master Mineral Solution, MMS or the CD protocol, [1] is a branded name for an aqueous solution of chlorine dioxide, an industrial bleaching agent, that has been falsely promoted as a cure for illnesses including HIV, cancer and the common cold.

  5. Chlorine-releasing compounds - Wikipedia

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    Chlorine releasing solutions, such as liquid bleach and solutions of bleaching powder, can burn the skin and cause eye damage, [2] especially when used in concentrated forms. As recognized by the NFPA, however, only solutions containing more than 40% sodium hypochlorite by weight are considered hazardous oxidizers.

  6. List of alchemical substances - Wikipedia

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    The crust formed on the lid was ground to powder and boiled with water to remove the calomel. Calx – calcium oxide; was also used to refer to other metal oxides. Chalcanthum – the residue produced by strongly roasting blue vitriol (copper sulfate); it is composed mostly of cupric oxide. Chalk – a rock composed of porous biogenic calcium ...

  7. Sodium hypochlorite - Wikipedia

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    [44] [45] It may be made by diluting household bleach as appropriate (normally 1 part bleach to 9 parts water). [46] Such solutions have been demonstrated to inactivate both C. difficile [44] and HPV. [47] "Weak chlorine solution" is a 0.05% solution of hypochlorite used for washing hands, but is normally prepared with calcium hypochlorite ...

  8. People are eating borax. Why? Here's what experts say ... - AOL

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    People are ingesting borax. Also known by its chemical name sodium borate decahydrate, borax is a salt typically used to kill ants and boost laundry detergent, among other household cleaning needs ...

  9. St Rollox Chemical Works - Wikipedia

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    The powder was made from chlorine and slaked lime and became known as Tennant's bleaching salt. [14] It was produced by mixing 4 parts of water, 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 parts salt, 2 parts of manganese and 4 parts of sulfuric acid known as "vitriol" in a lead vessel heated in a water bath. [14] The powder sold well and this enabled the factory to expand ...