Hypochlorous acid (HOCl) is a mild acid that is naturally produced in the white blood cells of all mammals.
It plays an important role in our immune system. This produces oxchlorin molecules, such as hypochlorous acid, when the body reacts to incipient infections. As a result, pathogens are killed by oxidation and chlorination.
HOCl has the property of breaking down the cell walls of single-celled microorganisms, such as bacteria and viruses, by denaturing the proteins of the pathogenic cell walls with reactive oxygen species. Higher organized cell structures, such as human tissue, are not affected because they have developed protective mechanisms that make them insensitive to hypochlorous acid.
Hypochlorous acid attacks the cell walls of microorganisms and increases their permeability.
The pressure difference between the hypochloric solution and the germ-contaminated surface creates a hypoosmotic environment. This leads to an increased flow of water into the germs’ cells. The increasing internal pressure eventually causes the pathogens’ cell walls to burst.
The term redox voltage refers to a voltage that is measured on a precious metal electrode (platinum or gold) against a reference electrode (calomel/Hg2CI2 or silver (Ag/AgCI) when immersed in a solution (redox system). (Unit mV “milli-volt”). Redox voltages depend on the pH value and must therefore always be documented together with the pH value.
The voltage depends on the concentration ratio of oxidizing agent (e.g. HOCl) to reducing agent (e.g. organic contaminants). The redox voltage is therefore an accurate measure of the oxidizing or disinfecting effect of the disinfectant present.
The pH value is a measure of the acidic or basic character of an aqueous solution . It is the inverse of the decimal logarithm (tenth logarithm) of the hydrogen ion activity [ 1] and a quantity of the dimension number .
Sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) – often referred to as chlorine bleach – is, like hypochlorous acid, an oxidizing agent that is also produced using the electrolysis process. The biggest difference to HOCl is the different charge . While NaOCl is electrically negatively charged , HOCl is neutrally charged , or carries no electrical charge.
Since germ-contaminated surfaces are also negatively charged , an effect similar to that of magnets occurs between them and NaOCl : two negatively charged particles repel each other . This makes it more difficult for NaOCl to penetrate the cell walls of pathogens, the oxidation process is delayed, and the effectiveness is reduced. Hypochlorous acid , on the other hand, can penetrate directly to the cell walls of the germs and oxidize, making it much more effective than NaOCl .
Overall, hypochlorous acid is a much stronger oxidizing agent and kills pathogens many times more effectively than sodium hypochlorite.
HB Solution only needs 500 PPM HOCl for its fabulous effects.
This means only 500 parts HOCl out of one million parts,
the REST is Activated and Restructured Water and SALT
Or expressed in percent only 0.05% HOCl