Sodium Hypochlorite is a powerful disinfecting agent and is used in general purpose cleaning compositionsSurfactants are sometimes added to hypochlorite systems to improve cleaning performance and increase viscosity.Hypochlorites are strong oxidizing agents and are, therefore, incompatible with many surfactants.Data will be presented which shows the influence of, surfactant cheain length, system composition, pH, and temperature, on hypochlorite stability.