Subject: To the editor of my entry... Posted Aug 14, 2002 by insurgent		Post: 1

Household bleach consists of NaOCl, and nothing else. It is the active ingredient, but it is also the only ingredient, so the phrase, "The active ingredient in household bleach" seems a mote excessive.

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Subject: To the editor of my entry... Posted Aug 14, 2002 by insurgent This is a reply to this Posting.		Post: 2

Granted, it may be a solution of bleach and water, but water will have no effect on the reactions.

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Subject: To the editor of my entry... Posted Aug 14, 2002 by Researcher 188007 This is a reply to this Posting.		Post: 3

Hence the term 'active' ingredient. But I'll change it back anyway. That'll be a rap then.

Subject: To the editor of my entry... Posted Apr 21, 2007 by imdangerous This is a reply to this Posting.		Post: 4

Hi i'm an australian and in Australia our bleach contains two active ingredients
1. sodium hypochlorite
2. sodium hydroxide

of both of these there are only tiny percentages used so when refering to the active ingredient it should be made clear that for cleaning purposes the active ingredient is usually but not limited to sodium hypochlorite.

An example in which the NaOH is often more effective is in the unclogging of drains (bleach is not often used in this senario but i know some people who used it when desperate), where as the hypochlorite ions tend to sit back and relax.

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