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Title: Making bleach
Post by: gatewood on January 31, 2020, 10:06:58 PM

I separated chlorine from sodium, using electrolysis on salt water and got myself a bottle full of nasty chlorine gas and I wanna turn it into bleach water. How can I do this? Just by adding and mixing water in it, will it dissolve?

Title: Re: Making bleach
Post by: Borek on February 01, 2020, 04:14:52 AM

1. Good you know chlorine is nasty, bad that you made it without plans for disposal.

2. Just water won't work too well, solution of a hydroxide would be better.

Title: Re: Making bleach
Post by: gatewood on February 01, 2020, 01:35:50 PM

Well I got plans to make hydrochloric acid, besides, I didnt produce way too much of it.

Just mixing it with hydroxide is enough then?

Title: Re: Making bleach
Post by: Borek on February 01, 2020, 02:27:31 PM

More or less, you will get a solution of chloride and hypochlorite.

Title: Re: Making bleach
Post by: gatewood on February 02, 2020, 12:40:30 PM

well, for now, I want it for bleach, so will hypochlorite be a good disinfectant too?

Title: Re: Making bleach
Post by: Borek on February 02, 2020, 07:17:37 PM

Have you checked what bleach is, and how is it related to hypochlorite, or do you expect to be spoon feed?

Title: Re: Making bleach
Post by: billnotgatez on February 02, 2020, 07:20:43 PM

@gatewood
Have you read this article
Bleach
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach)

Title: Re: Making bleach
Post by: gatewood on February 03, 2020, 01:46:47 AM

Quote from: Borek on February 02, 2020, 07:17:37 PM

Have you checked what bleach is, and how is it related to hypochlorite, or do you expect to be spoon feed?

If you dont want to answer my question, then dont, no need to give me s#*$ ::)