Chemistry, asked by nokeshkola2680, 1 year ago

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

Answers

Answered by SnehaHazra

22

Bleaching powder.
Chemical name- calcium hypochlorite Ca(ClO)2
Equation for preparation-
Ca(OH)2 + Cl2 》 Ca(ClO)2 + H2

Previous Question

Next Question

Similar questions

Math, 6 months ago

pls ans it fast.....,...........................

Physics, 6 months ago

List four characteristics of the images formed by plane mirrors. Name the material used as a protective coating in plane mirrors...

Economy, 6 months ago

plied to make it a perfect cube? Find the smallest number by which 16384 be divided so that the quotient may be a perfect cube.

Chemistry, 1 year ago

A compound X which is prepared from gypsum has the property of hardening when mixed with a proper quantity of water. (a) Identify the compound X , (b) Write the chemical equation for its preparation (c) For what purpose is it used in hospitals ? Lakhmir Singh Chemistry Class 10...

Chemistry, 1 year ago

Give one example each of a salt which gives an aqueous solution having : (a) pH less than 7 (b) pH equal to 7 (c) pH more than 7 Lakhmir Singh Chemistry Class 10...

Social Sciences, 1 year ago

all programs of anti poverty...

English, 1 year ago

essay on an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind...

Chemistry, 1 year ago

Why does a desert cooler cool better on a hot ,dry day?