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How does bleaching powder make water germ free? Explain.

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Answered by Anonymous
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How does bleaching powder make water germ free?

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When bleaching powder dissolves, it reacts with water to underchloric acid (HOCl) and hypochlorite ions (OCl-).

Chlorine kills pathogens such as bacteria and viruses by breaking the chemical bonds in their molecules.

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Bleaching powder is added to drinking water for disinfecting it because bleaching powder release the free chlorine which kills the germs present in water.

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