Sodium Dichloroisocyanurate (SDIC)

Sodium Dichloroisocyanurate (SDIC) is a chemical compound widely used as a cleansing agent and disinfectant. It is a colorless, water-soluble solid, produced as a result of reaction of cyanuric acid with chlorine. It is mainly used as a disinfectant, biocide and industrial deodorant. It is found in some modern water purification tablets/filters. It is more efficient than the formerly used halazone water disinfectant. In these applications, it is a slow-release source of chlorine in low concentrations at a relatively constant rate. As a disinfectant, it is used to sterilise drinking water, swimming pools, tableware and air, and to fight against infectious diseases as a routine disinfection agent. It can be used for disinfection and environmental sterilisation, for example in livestock, poultry, fish and silkworm raising, for bleaching textiles, for cleaning industrial circulating water, and to prevent wool from shrinking.