Sodium hypochlorite is mainly used in bleaching, industrial wastewater treatment, papermaking, textiles, pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, sanitation and disinfection, and many other fields, specifically:
1. Used for bleaching paper pulp, textiles (such as cloth, towels, undershirts, etc.), chemical fibers and starch;
2. Used as a bleaching agent for grease in the soap industry;
3. Used in the chemical industry to produce hydrazine hydrate, monochloramine, and dichloramine;
4. Chlorinating agent used in the manufacture of cobalt and nickel;
5. Used as water purifier, bactericide and disinfectant in water treatment;
6. Used in the dye industry to make sulphur sapphire blue;
7. In the organic industry, it is used in the manufacture of chloropicrin, calcium carbide hydrate to produce acetylene detergent;
8. Agriculture and animal husbandry are used as disinfectants and deodorants for vegetables, fruits, feedlots and livestock houses;
9. Food-grade sodium hypochlorite is used for the disinfection of drinking water, fruits and vegetables, and the disinfection of food manufacturing equipment and utensils, but it cannot be used in the food production process using sesame as a raw material.