HOW BLEACH KILLS GERMS
ousehold bleach is a ; it kills bacteria on contact. It’s one of the cheapest and most powerful microbe busters on the planet. But how does it work? The bleach under your sink is a , which has the chemical formula NaClO. That means that each molecule contains one sodium atom, one chlorine atom and one oxygen atom. In water it produces (HOCl), which can steal electrons from other molecules.
