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What element is used for antiseptic?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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A1. In the context of an infection (when bacteria are making somebody sick by living in their body), antibiotics are used. These are chemicals that either kill them directly, or stop them from multiplying, until there are none left, by interfering with the chemical reactions needed for them to live. Examples include penicillin and streptomycin.

Antiseptic hand gels and similar products work by causing damage to the bacteria, by changing the environment they are in so that it is no longer ideal. Examples of antiseptics include alcohol gels and iodine solutions.

If antibiotics are used too often or not enough, however, bacteria can become resistant, as some are exposed to but not killed by the drug. This means they are able to survive normal doses of the antibiotic, which can be a major problem in hospitals, as "superbugs" like MRSA can evolve and spread very quickly.

answ2. Common household materials such as bleach are used to disinfect surfaces, clothes, and water for drinking. These work by destroying some of the proteins that bacteria consider essential.

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If the bacteria is on a household area, such as a table, a store bought cleaner could be used. Also, hydrogen peroxide is used to kill bacteria in, your mouth, and cuts. Which could be used also to clean a household item.

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15y ago

Chlorine (Cl) used to be used as Antiseptic.

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There are a number of chemicals but they are all classified as Bacteriocides.

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Chlorine, or Cl, which has an atomic number of 17, is the most commonly used element to purify water by killing bacteria.

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Iodine has been commonly used as an antiseptic. Silver also has been sometimes used, but mostly in ionic form.

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11y ago

disinfectant on a cloth. or heating up a glass rod lots and then putting it through the bacteria but that is much less effective and not very practical.

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Bacteriocides kill only bacteria.

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peroxide

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Bleach

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