Question

A white powdery substance smells of chlorine and is used for disinfecting drinking water.what is the name of substance ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The compound is Calcium oxychloride, in common called Bleaching powder.Chlorine gas on reacting with dry slaked lime [Ca(OH)

2

] produces bleaching powder (CaOCl

2

). The chemical equation involved in the reaction can be represented as:

Ca(OH)

2

+Cl

2

→CaOCl

2

+H

2

O