What's the difference between chlorite and hypochlorite?

Chlorite


Definition:

  • (n.) The name of a group of minerals, usually of a green color and micaceous to granular in structure. They are hydrous silicates of alumina, iron, and magnesia.
  • (n.) Any salt of chlorous acid; as, chlorite of sodium.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Chlorine dioxide disproportionation products, chlorite and chlorate, were not active disinfectants.
  • (2) The chlorite product of horseradish peroxidase, compound X, is shown by magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) spectroscopy in the temperature range 1.6-50 K to have a very similar haem structure to compound II under the same conditions (pH 10.7).
  • (3) Potassium bromate, sodium chlorite and sodium dehydroacetate were tested further by oral administration, and potassium bromate showed a clearly positive result.
  • (4) These observations indicate that Compound X is the halogenating intermediate in the chlorite reaction and that the rate of enzymatic chlorination is directly related to the stability of Compound X.
  • (5) Long-Evans rats, 4-6 weeks of age, were given access to 0, 1, 10, or 100 ppm sodium chlorite in deionized water ad libitum as drinking water.
  • (6) Previous studies have shown that chlorite serves as a halogenation substrate for horseradish peroxidase.
  • (7) COAM (chlorite-oxidized oxyamylose), zymosan, glucan, Salmonella enteritidis 11RX and Listeria monocytogenes were found to protect mice against subsequent infection with Babesia microti, an intra-erythrocytic protozoan parasite.
  • (8) A chlorite-derived chlorine atom is known to be retained by compound X and has been proposed to be located at the heme active site.
  • (9) Peptide bonds were chlorinated with hypochlorite and the N-chlorite formed was allowed to react with thiamine to give fluorescent thiochrome.
  • (10) Chlorite-oxidized amylose (COAM), when given intraperitoneally to mice and to cats, increased the titer of serum interferon subsequently induced by polyinosinic.polycytidylic acid (In.Cn).
  • (11) New methods for the identification of sodium chlorite and sodium hypochlorite were proposed.
  • (12) An alternative to chlorination which does not generate THM during disinfection is chlorine dioxide, but there are concerns about the acute and chronic toxicity of ClO2 and its disinfection by-products, chlorite and chlorate.
  • (13) A significant increase in the percentage of abnormal sperm morphology (P less than 0.001) and decrease in sperm direct progressive movement (P less than 0.01) were observed for adult males at chlorite levels of 100 or 500 ppm.
  • (14) The primary products resulting from ClO2 disinfection of surface waters are chlorite (ClO2-) and chlorates (ClO3-).
  • (15) A water-soluble L-arabino-D-xylan, obtained from the chlorite holocellulose of de-lipidated, de-starched, and de-pectinated rye bran by ammoniacal extraction, was composed of L-Ara and D-Xyl in the molar ratio 7.8:10 and had Mw 36,500 and Mn 26,950.
  • (16) The cytological method uses a periodic acid-chlorite treatment of thin sections to increase the affinity of IPS for uranyl and lead salts.
  • (17) Spermatotoxic effects of chlordimeform were equivocal while p,p'-DDT, n-hexane, and sodium chlorite were judged negative.
  • (18) However, trading standards tests on the liquid found it was a 28% solution of sodium chlorite, equivalent to industrial-strength bleach.
  • (19) Other common mineral phases included chlorite, platy serpentine, pyrophyllitem mica, and carbonate minerals.
  • (20) Decreases in serum T3 and T4 were observed on Postnatal Days 21 and 40 in male and female pups exposed to 100 ppm chlorite or above.

Hypochlorite


Definition:

  • (n.) A salt of hypochlorous acid; as, a calcium hypochloride.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Cells were exposed to chlorhexidine, hydrogen peroxide and sodium hypochlorite for 15 min and cell viability was assessed 24 h later with a colorimetric assay which utilizes the tetrazolium salt 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT).
  • (2) The destruction of the components of epithelial mucopolysaccharides, certain sugars and polysaccharides after oxidation with dilute neutral hypochlorite at 0-4 degrees has been studied.
  • (3) In following these procedures we opted for a somewhat different approach to applying hypochlorite, water, alcohol, and alkane; namely, eggs were placed between two Nucleopore filters, and the fluids drawn sequentially through the filters by vacuum.
  • (4) In the second experimental group the canal negotiation was done in the same way but using a cream (ENDO-PTC) with sodium hypochlorite as a lubrication substance.
  • (5) Ultrasonic preparation with 0.25% sodium hypochlorite solution and final agitation with 50% citric acid solution were found to produce a very clean canal wall, free of smear layer in coronal and middle parts.
  • (6) Santizing cleaned polysulfone UF membranes with 100 ppm of sodium hypochlorite or 100 ppm of dichloroisocyanurate at 54 degrees C resulted in membranes free from viable microorganisms.
  • (7) The bacteriological quality of pooled human milk donated to the Oxford milk bank was analysed and the effects on bacteriology of sterilisation of the milk-collecting vessels in the home with hypochlorite solution and of Holder pasteurisation in a purpose-built human-milk pasteuriser were studied.
  • (8) The binding of the whole bulk of hypochlorite to carnosine is completed within one minute of incubation.
  • (9) Moreover, oxidation of pentapeptide composed of Leu-Trp-Met-Arg-Phe-COOH with myeloperoxidase (donor:hydrogen-peroxide oxidoreductase, EC 1.11.1.7) and hypochlorite was also studied.
  • (10) Ninety single-rooted teeth with mature apices were prepared chemomechanically by the stepback technique using files and copious irrigation with 2.5 per cent sodium hypochlorite.
  • (11) 5-Amino-salicylic acid, used in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, is a specific scavenger of hypochlorite, a toxic metabolite of oxygen produced by phagocytic cells.
  • (12) Only local irrigations of the colon lumen with sodium hypochlorite 0.2% prior to anastomosis produced a significant decrease in implantation rate.
  • (13) Chemical analyses of the sodium hypochlorite reaction product demonstrated the utility of this test as an adjunct in the identification of cocaine for forensic purposes.
  • (14) Each group was then immersed in 5 ml of 5% sodium hypochlorite for 60 seconds, and 1 ml was aspirated from each for assay.
  • (15) For example, the activities of sodium hypochlorite, formaldehyde, and hydrogen peroxide are lower in the biofilm than in static studies.
  • (16) If plastic wrap leads to consistent exposure errors, clinicians may wish to use a 0.5% sodium hypochlorite disinfectant as an alternative to the barrier technique.
  • (17) This article will review the literature both for and against the use of hypochlorite solutions and will examine alternative wound dressings.
  • (18) The cavity and exposed pulp surface were cleaned with Neo-cleaner (10% Hypochlorite) and oxydol, and then dried using an absorbent material.
  • (19) The protein sample is first mixed with the carrier solution containing sodium hypochlorite to chlorinate peptide bonds.
  • (20) Sodium hydroxide, ammonium hydroxide, sodium hypochlorite, and hydrogen peroxide were identified as efficient agents of toxin degradation.

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