Bleaching powder define and its properties
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Bleaching Powder. Bleaching powder is a pale yellowish powder existing with a strong smell of chlorine. It is soluble in water but due to the presence of impurities, we never observe a clear solution. Its chemical formula is CaOCl_2 with its chemical name as Calcium hypochlorite.
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Chemically,bleaching powder is calcium oxychloride,CaOCl2 or Ca(OCL)Cl.
Properties
- it is yellowis white powder.
- it gives strong smell of chlorine.
- it is soluble in cold water giving milky solutions due to free lime present in it.
- when exposed to air,it deteriorates giving off chlorine.
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