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Hypochlorous acid solutions for wound care and such are indeed a thing, and they are produced by companies that know what they're doing, and I assume they make
by amluto 3y ago
Hypochlorous acid solutions for wound care and such are indeed a thing, and they are produced by companies that know what they're doing, and I assume they make a batch, purify it, measure and adjust the pH.
That "Force of Nature" site looks a bit sketchy. At least they claim to be using a controlled chemistry (although they can't actually control the tap water pH), and they are EPA registered. Their EPA registration claims that they produce 220 ppm "available chlorine" solution.
Hydrogen chloride is not hypochlorous acid. Hydrogen chloride dissolved in water is hydrochloric acid, aka muriatic acid or stomach acid (nasty stuff unless it's very dilute), and it will also kill bacteria if you concentrate it enough because it's very acidic. You can find it in a lot of toilet cleaners.
Here's an IMO mildly less sketchy product:
https://store.hocl.com/ecoone/ https://store.hocl.com/ecoone/
At least it ships with test strips.
If you DIY this and stick big electrodes in salt water (especially with added vinegar, especially if you get the pH below about or if you fail to capture the bubbles so they can dissolve fully) and connect a beefy power supply, you will regret it.