RE: sodium hydroxide/sodium hypochlorite

[Guest guest]

Sodium hydroxide and sodium hypochlorite are safe to mix together, and are

sold widely as Liquid Drano. Sodium hypochlorite (also found in liquid

bleach), when used on organic material, is consumed or otherwise simply

degrades, leaving sodium chloride. Sodium hydroxide is extremely corrosive,

and should be handled with extreme care. I can't understand why anyone would

want to use this in mold clean-up.

By the way, sodium hydroxide is a base, but sodium hypochlorite is not an

acid, just a salt.

Gil

Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 02:30:13 -0000

From: " kl_clayton " <kl_clayton@...>

Subject: Re: re-exposed, re-dosed and falling apart...

> Bleach and lye- try it- nithing will survive that exposure

> ---

> > > should be decontaminated within 6 hours of exposure with a 1%

> sodium hypochlorite solution with sodium hydroxide (5,11) "

I thought basic chemistry says NOT to put those 2 together at the same time.

Maybe I am

confused. But an acid will counteract a base, and those are strong ones of

each.