Question

Write the uses of the following (any two uses) a) Washing soda b) Bleaching powder

Answer 1

Answer:

a) Washing soda is a chemical compound that can be used to remove stubborn stains from laundry and is an essential component in most homemade laundry detergent for powder, liquid, or single pod formulas. It is often used in commercial detergent mixtures as well to treat hard water.

b) Uses of Bleaching Powder

• It is used for bleaching dirty clothes in the laundry, as a bleaching agent for cotton and linen in the textile industry.
• It is a strong oxidizing agent hence used as an oxidizer in many industries.
• It is used as a disinfectant which is used for disinfecting water to make potable water.

Answer 2

Answer:

a In laundries and in softening of water as washing soda. In the manufacture of glass,sodium silicate, paper,borx,soap powder, caustic soda,etc. As a laboratory reagent. In textile and petroleum refining.

b.

• It is used for bleaching dirty clothes in the laundry, as a bleaching agent for cotton and linen in the textile industry.
• It is a strong oxidizing agent hence used as an oxidizer in many industries.
• It is used as a disinfectant which is used for disinfecting water to make potable water.