Question

Is Clorox a base or acid?

Answer 1

Bases are ionic compounds that produce negative hydroxide (OH-) ions when dissolved in water.

• A "strong base" is a compound that has the ability to remove a proton from a very weak acid.
• They completely dissociate into their ions when in water.
• The strong bases are known as Alkali.
• pH value of bases is more 7.

Acids: An acid is a hydrogen-containing substance capable of donating a proton (hydrogen ion) to another substance.

• Acidic substances are usually recognized by their sour taste.
• It can turn blue litmus paper red.
• The pH value of acids are less than 7.

Clorox: Clorox is known as Sodium hypochlorite is a chemical compound with the chemical formula NaClO.

• Clorox is a type of bleach and it is known to be a basic (alkaline base) substance with a pH of about 12.
• Bleach is known to be a solution of sodium or calcium hypochlorite.
• In an aqueous solution, it dissociates into hypochlorite ions and sodium ions.
• The hypochlorite ions form to accept a proton from the water causing OH- ions in the solution, thus, making the solution alkaline.
• The chemical equation is given below:
• $\underset{\left(\mathrm{Clorox}\right)}{\mathrm{NaClO}}\to \underset{\mathrm{Sodium}}{{\mathrm{Na}}^{+}}+\underset{\left(\mathrm{Hypochlorite}\right)}{{\mathrm{ClO}}^{-}}$