calcium hypochlorite

noun

: a white powder CaCl₂O₂ used especially as a bleaching agent and disinfectant

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web 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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