Bleach

I could have sworn that bleaches were usually reducing agents, not oxidising ones. Could someone who is an actual chemist clarify this? i thought there were other types of bleach.

Explosives?

As far as I'm aware, Acetone Peroxide is a sensitive HIGH EXPLOSIVE, not a bleaching agent. I suggest that references to Acetone Peroxide should be removed from this article. Baralheia 08:42, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Laundry

Could someone possibly add a subsection for use of bleach in laundry? it seems like there would rpobably be a fair amount to say, considering differences in pretreatment and wash cycles. And to be honest, I actually came to this page hoping for some advice on how to wash a stained white fabric...what can I say, I'm selfish, now teach me :-p 134.173.121.223 19:45, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

—I actually came myself to find out if it was hazardous to use as a disinfectant while doing the dishes. In particular my concerns were eating with things cleaned with bleach and the immersion of the bare hands in bleached water. If anyone has some info on this it'd be appreciated... is it safe and in what amounts?

I was looking for information on non-chlorine bleach. No such luck! But yeah, laundry information seems like it ought to be here! Bleach vs. optical whiteners and bluing agents, anyone?

I do know that we were taught in high school biology that a 10% bleach solution was enough to kill our cultures. I'd use more if it was something really nasty, but for dishwashing or serious disinfecting, that's probably all you need. And I'm not sure that you would want to kill everything on your dishes anyway: c.f. antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Something will live there, you probably want it to be the mild stuff.

history of bleach?

I was hoping to find something on bleach through the ages (don't laugh!) Dveej 06:19, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

I think it's a good idea, so I've started a section on the history of bleach. I'm really tired right now, and I don't really know much about the topic... I hope someone else can fill it in more! ~MDD4696 (talk • contribs) 04:14, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Know some bleach chemistry?

I have added some basics on how bleaches (including sunlight) work... anyone with greater knowledge in this area is invited to improve this section! Gwimpey 07:49, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

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The result of the debate was don't move. —Nightstallion (?) 11:02, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Bleach_(chemical)

Bleach → Bleach_(chemical) – The front page of a Google search reveals no pages related to the chemical Bleach, the other forms are only becoming more popular. Support SandBoxer 20:10, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

• Oppose - the chemical is the best-known meaning, and none of the others are particularly famous. Seems like a clear case of primary topic disambiguation to me. I wouldn't expect the chemical to appear particularly highly on a Google search, because the web is biased towards commercial things (like music and manga). See also for example air, for which 9 out of 10 googles are for airlines, but which on Wikipedia quite rightly redirects to Earth's atmosphere, not Air (disambiguation). — sjorford (talk) 10:12, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose per sjorford. —Muchness 10:55, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose per sjorford. Noisy | Talk 11:56, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose per sjorford. —Fitch 00:45, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

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Hazards

Changed the last line of the Hazards section. I don't know what fool wrote that mixing bleach and ammonia formed mustard gas, but it doesn't. Any high school chemistry student knows that a mixture of those chemicals releases chlorine gas. Certainly dangerous, but in no way related to mustard gas.

Bleach disamb?

Shouldn't Bleach redirect to Bleach (manga)? It gets far more hits (on say Google) to the anime rather than this. —Zeno McDohl ^(talk) 04:37, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Personally speaking, no. Bleach is a vital part of modern life. Bleach (manga) is a TV show, fundamentally transient; it may well currently be more popular, but it certainly is incomparably less important. Toby Douglass 22:32, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

That's a point of view. This page should be a disamb, at the least. —Zeno McDohl ^(talk) 03:41, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Bleach Reactions

I know this is hardly the place for a discusison on chemistry, but recently when I was using a bleach soaked paper towel to clear some mold from a painted bathroom ceiling, I noticed the paper towel start to heat up slightly in my hand. Obviously some kind of exothermic reaction was going on, but as a Computer Scientist, Chemistry is not my area of expertise. The ceiling had not been cleaned with any other chemicals beforehand, and this happened a few times whenever I got a new paper towel. Anyone know what was going on? 12.149.167.6 18:08, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Um...what?

Why does the page have these random images of the wikipedia image in it? also, I'm pretty sure there is an anime called Bleach, so searching for bleach should take one to a disambugiation page 66.175.206.96 05:13, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

I beg to differ. While I would rather reccommend calling the emergency services, if someone swallowed bleach and you had absolutetly no idea what it was, time is of the essence and showing up to a disambiguation would only serve to confuse one. More so, if it was changed as per the suggestion of the person above to the cartoon...well that would just be ridiculous. Of course there are more sites about the stupid anime show; they're called fansites, but the chemical should be the primary subject one thinks of when the noun is mentioned. The disambig is at the top. Lady BlahDeBlah 15:49, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Agreed, and there was already a vote on this too; this is certainly the primary topic when people refer to "bleach." Cool Hand Luke 23:50, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Voting is evil. As I said above, this should be a disambig. —Zeno McDohl ^(talk) 05:24, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

And vote or no vote, this is still a fine case of primary topic disambiguation. Disambiguation for the manga is listed at the top of the article. Why is this not acceptable? Cool Hand Luke 23:19, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

I could ask the same thing. Why is having the manga page here not acceptable? Someone said above that it's "the primary topic" but if you clearly Google "bleach" you will see the results. —Zeno McDohl ^(talk) 05:27, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Quick link for series

since most people that search bleach these days want the series not the chemical ive put a link to it above the dis link to save people a click. this way you still get the "proper" article but saves people with slower connections from having to load the dis page