English, asked by villan99, 1 year ago

Why does bleaching powder smell strongly of chlorine and does not dissolve completely in water?​

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Answered by vidhi20oct
4

Bleaching powder smelled strongly of chlorine because it reacts with CO^2 from the atmosphere to produce chlorine & calcium carbonate. ... Bleaching powder is actually a mixture of calcium chloride, calcium hydroxide and calcium hypochlorite. Hence it is not a single salt

Answered by yashgandhi74
1

Water exposed to air, bleaching powder gives a smell of chlorine. This is because bleaching powder reacts with carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to produce calcium carbonate and chlorine gas.

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