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Food Chemistry
Sodium Hypochlorite 17%
Formula:
NaOCl
GOST/CAS:
CAS 7681-52-9
Sodium Hypochlorite 17% (Grade A, food industry) is a highly effective disinfectant and antimicrobial agent with a broad spectrum of action. It is a concentrated aqueous solution possessing powerful bactericidal, fungicidal, and sporicidal effects. The product is highly water-soluble, rapidly eliminating pathogenic microflora, algae, and biochemical contaminants. Due to its high level of purity, it is essential for sanitary processing, disinfection of technological equipment, and water treatment within food processing and manufacturing facilities.
Applications
Fruit and Vegetable Processing: Applied in strictly regulated concentrations for washing root vegetables, produce, and greens to reduce microbial load and extend the shelf life of finished products.
Equipment Cleaning and Disinfection: Used for Cleaning-in-Place (CIP) and manual sanitary processing of pipelines, tanks, pasteurizers, bottling lines, reservoirs, and containers in dairy, brewery, meat, and confectionery production.
Water Treatment and Purification: Used for disinfecting drinking water, treating process and recycled water in food cycles, and disinfecting technical water supply systems and swimming pools.
Facility Sanitation: Utilized for the disinfection of floors, walls, conveyor belts, work tables, and tools in slaughterhouses, meat processing plants, packaging areas, and cold storage facilities.
Key Advantages
High Antimicrobial Activity: Instantly destroys most known viruses, bacteria (including Salmonella and E. coli), and molds, even at low temperatures.
Environmental Safety: When used correctly and rinsed, it decomposes into safe components: water, table salt (NaCl), and oxygen, leaving no toxic residues on equipment.
Removal of Biofilms and Organics: Effectively breaks down stubborn organic deposits, protein contaminants, and bacterial biofilms on internal equipment surfaces.
Cost-Efficiency: The high concentration of active chlorine (17%) ensures minimal consumption during the preparation of working solutions and optimizes logistics costs.
Storage & Transportation
- Store in dry, cool, and ventilated warehouses in original, airtight containers equipped with degasification valves.
- Recommended storage temperature: +1°C to +20°C. Do not allow the product to overheat or freeze.
- Strictly avoid exposure to direct sunlight and UV radiation, as light catalyzes the decomposition of hypochlorite and the loss of active chlorine.
- It is strictly forbidden to store with acids, organic combustibles, or other oxidizing agents to prevent violent reactions and the release of toxic chlorine gas.
- Transportation is carried out in closed vehicles in accordance with regulations for hazardous goods (Class 8, corrosive substances).
- Guaranteed shelf life: 6 months from the date of manufacture (accounting for natural active chlorine decay within industry standards).
Technical Specifications
Appearance
Transparent greenish-yellow liquid (slight sediment may occur)
Active Chlorine Content
Not less than 170 g/dm³ (≥ 17.0%)
Alkali Content (as NaOH)
10 – 20 g/dm³
Density (at 20°C)
1.20 – 1.28 g/cm³
pH (1% aqueous solution)
11.0 – 13.0 (strongly alkaline)
Stability
Activity loss does not exceed 30% within the shelf life
Supply info
- 20–30 liter (25–35 kg) plastic canisters equipped with pressure-relief valves.
- 1000–1200 kg intermediate bulk containers (IBCs).
- Bulk delivery in specialized tanker trucks available for large wholesale orders.