Question

A chemical compound having asirong smell of chlorine is used to disinfect water , name the compound and wrte a chemical eqn to show its preparation

Answer 1

the name of the chemical compound is calcium oxychloride (bleaching powder).
Ca(OH)2+Cl2==>CaOCl2+H2O

Answer 2

Heya,

A chemical compound having a strong smell of chlorine which is used to disinfect water, the name of that compound is bleaching powder (Calcium oxychloride)

Bleaching powder is formed by the action of Cl2 gas on dry slaked lime.

Ca(OH)2 + Cl2 –› CaOCl2 + H2O

Calcium hydroxide plus chlorine in the presence of heat form calcium oxychloride and water.

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