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Chemistry Forums for Students => Undergraduate General Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: chucky6 on October 22, 2004, 05:10:42 PM
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I am not a student. I have a medical condition that requires me to use Clorox ,that I have to neutralize or it will destroy my septic system. What amount of baking soda do I use to neutralize 16oz of Clorox? Please answer this question as I do not know were else to go. Charles. :)
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Clorox is basic, not acidic so baking soda won't work.
To neutralize the base, white vinegar will work. However, by introducing the acidic vinegar, chlorine gas may be generated which may also be undesirable.
The culprit is sodium hypochlorite in the bleach.
Perhaps you really mean deactivation of the hypochlorite by a dechlorinator (turns hypochlorite to chloride). Typically , this would be sodium sulfite, the ingredient in swimming pool dechlorinators.
I don't know how much it would take. One would have to read the label to determine the concentrations of the active ingredients.
After hypochlorite is deactivated, you may try neutralizing it.
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chlorox is an antisceptic because of its oxidising properties. It'll lose its usefulness if you try to deactivate it.