Question & Answer: Bleach is an aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite. Above 40°C, the hypochlorite ion will…..

Bleach is an aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite. Above 40°C, the hypochlorite ion will decompose into the chlorate and chloride ions. The results below were measured at 60°C and pH 12.6 to determine the rate law of this decomposition and to identify a possible mechanism.

(a). Write the balanced decomposition reaction of the hypochlorite ion into the chlorate and chloride ions using the smallest integer coefficients. (In this reaction, sodium ions are spectator ions.)