A white powdery substance having strong smell of chlorine is used for disinfecting drinking water supply at waterworks. Identify the substance. Give its chemical name and write the chemical reaction for its preparation.
Lakhmir Singh Chemistry Class 10
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Bleaching powder.
Chemical name- calcium hypochlorite Ca(ClO)2
Equation for preparation-
Ca(OH)2 + Cl2 》 Ca(ClO)2 + H2
Chemical name- calcium hypochlorite Ca(ClO)2
Equation for preparation-
Ca(OH)2 + Cl2 》 Ca(ClO)2 + H2
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