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.
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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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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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“Calcium hypochlorite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calcium%20hypochlorite. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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