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Designing Household Cleaning Agent : Clorox Bleach

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Our group was interested in this Chemical because it is a very common, readily used household cleaning agent. Originally we chose Clorox bleach because it is commonly referred to as highly toxic and lethal. We wanted to know more about its chemical makeup to better understand the dangers that come while using Clorox bleach.
History:
The active ingredient in household bleach is Sodium hypochlorite, and it was discovered by the French chemist Berthollet, in Javel on the outside of Paris, in 1787. He discovered that this chemical had the ability to whiten material quickly and put the product to commercial use in 1914 with great success. There was little known about what Clorox liquid bleach could do when it was first invented. It made its debut in 1913 and began just as an institutional product. Produced initially by the Electro-Alkaline Company, it was the efforts of 5 businessmen that invested $100 that got the first products off the ground. One year later, concentrated bleach is being produced under the Clorox name, but the wife of the company’s first general manager, William Murray, wanted a lower level strength for home use. The company began producing the lower strength bleach. Fortunately for the company, the Murrays also owned a grocery store in Oakland, CA, and they began handing out samples of the product to be used. It became a hit and by 1917, the Clorox booth at the California State Fair is flooded with interested people to watch their demonstrations. By the

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