Usage
The main application of sodium chlorite is the generation of chlorine dioxide for bleaching and stripping of textiles, pulp, and paper. It is also used for disinfection in a few municipal water treatment plants after conversion to chlorine dioxide. An advantage in this application, as compared to the more commonly used chlorine, is that trihalomethanes are not produced from organic contaminants. In the European Union however, the use of Sodium chlorite has been phased out by 24-10-2009 for use as certain types of biocides: Product-type(PT) 2: Private area and public health area disinfectants and other biocidal products, PT 3: Veterinary hygiene biocidal products, PT 4: Food and feed area disinfectants and PT 5: Drinking water disinfectants. Since September 2006, its application as molluscicide (PT 16) is forbidden as well. Sodium chlorite, NaClO2 also finds application as a component of contact lens cleaning solution under the trade name purite.
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