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