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A sanitary worker uses a white chemical with strong smell of chlorine gas to disinfect the water tank:
(i) Identify the chemical compound and write its chemical formula.
(ii) Give chemical equation for its preparation.
(iii) Write its two uses other than disinfectant.
A sanitary worker uses a white chemical with a strong smell of chlorine gas to disinfect the water tank.
- The name of the chemical compound is Bleaching Powder (Calcium oxychloride). Its chemical formula is CaOCl2.
- It is produced by the action of chlorine on dry slaked lime.
$Ca( OH)_{2} \ +Cl_{2} \ \rightarrow \ CaOCl_{2} \ +\ H_{2} O$
- Uses of Bleaching Powder :
- It is used for bleaching cotton and linen in the textile industry for bleaching wood pulp in the paper industry and for bleaching washed clothes in the laundry.
- It is used as an oxidizing agent in many chemical industries
Updated on: 10-Oct-2022
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