Re: CULT: OT: clorox - chemistry, horse's mouth
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- Subject: Re: CULT: OT: clorox - chemistry, horse's mouth
- From: B* S* <b*@tiger.hsc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 14:32:09 -0600 (MDT)
NaOCl is strongly basic, releasing OH ion in water. Rinsing your hands
with vinegar after using diluted clorox would probably more than neutralize
it. But even full strength, you'd have to soak your hands in it for quite
a time to be injured. It is however dangerous to wounds, eyes and mucous
membranes, and the fumes (chlorine gas) can be irritating in a closed
space. I should think you would not want to neutralize it after soaking
the rhizomes, since the high pH will at least temporarily inhibit bacterial
and fungal growth.
It's really nothing to worry about.
Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
(804)223-6172
FAX (804)223-6374
email<bills@tiger.hsc.edu>
