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What is the name of $NaOCl$ , which contains the $ClO X^{-}$ ion?

Asodium perchlorate
Bsodium hypochlorite
Csodium chlorate
Dsodium chlorite

Answer: B

ClO X^{-}

has Cl in the lowest oxyanion state (+1) and carries the prefix hypo- with -ite: hypochlorite. The salt is sodium hypochlorite.

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