Bleaching powder is mixed in water, why? Think and give appropriate reason for it. [HOTS]
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When bleaching powder is mixed in water to form calcium hydroxide (a calcium salt) and HOCl acid. Here HOCl is an unstable acid which further release chlorine gas. Here milky appearance is due to calcium hydroxide. The chlorine gas acts as bleaching action and bleach the substance present in it.
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Bleaching powder is actually commercially available chlorine in the form of calcium hypochlorite - Ca(ClO)₂. Chlorine is widely used to disinfect water and kill disease-causing pathogens such as bacteria, viruses and protozoans. ... To disinfect water, the required value of chlorine per liter of water is 1 milligrams.
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