Living · 6 pages · 12 min
Why bleach is not a cleaner in the soap sense
Bleach changes colored molecules by oxidation and does not package grease.
When the purchase is complete, return to the original window. It will refresh.
From the opening
Household chlorine bleach is a solution of sodium hypochlorite, an oxidizer. It alters colored molecules and can damage microbial cells, which is a different job from a micelle that lifts oil. The opening covers oxidation breaks colored molecules, grease is not a chromophore, and soil consumes the oxidizer first.
The rest of the brief — the later sections and the reading notes — opens after Stripe confirms payment.
Inside
- Oxidation breaks colored molecules
- Grease is not a chromophore
- Soil consumes the oxidizer first
- The same reaction fades dyes
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Sodium hypochlorite oxidizing chromophores
- The split between oxidation and surfactant cleaning