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calcium hypochlorite
noun
: a white powder CaCl2O2 used especially as a bleaching agent and disinfectant
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There is a range of chemicals that can be used for a pool shock, including calcium hypochlorite, lithium hypochlorite, dichlor, and potassium peroxymonosulfate, according to Home Depot.
—Korin Miller, Health.com, 25 May 2021
Even with washes of the bleaching agent calcium hypochlorite, no sanitation method has proven 100-percent effective at ridding seeds of pathogens.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 23 Jan. 2018
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Word History
First Known Use
1875, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of calcium hypochlorite was
in 1875
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“Calcium hypochlorite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calcium%20hypochlorite. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
Medical Definition
calcium hypochlorite
noun
: a chlorine-containing white powder CaCl2O2 used especially as a bleaching agent, disinfectant, bactericide, and fungicide
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