Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
In chemistry hypochlorite is an ion composed of chlorine and oxygen with the chemical formula ClO−. It can combine with a number of counter ions to form hypochlorites which may also be regarded as the salts of hypochlorous acid. Common examples include sodium hypochlorite (household bleach) and calcium hypochlorite (bleaching powder swimming pool chlorine).Hypochlorites are frequently quite unstable in their pure forms and for this reason are normally handled as aqueous solutions.
