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How will you prepare bleaching powder?

Bleaching powder is prepared by passing chlorine gas over dry slaked lime (calcium hydroxide – Ca(OH)2). The reaction involved is:

Ca(OH)2 + Cl2→ CaOCl2 + H2O


(bleaching powder)


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