Write the common name of CaOCl2. How is it prepared ? Write the chemic

1.	Write the common name of CaOCl2. How is it prepared ? Write the chemical equation of the reaction involved in the process. Give any two uses of it.
Answer» The common name of CaOCl₂ is Bleaching power. By passing chlorine into dry slaked lime (Ca(OH)₂) Ca(OH)₂+Cl₂ → CaOCl₂. Two uses : (i) Used for bleaching cotton and linen in the textile industry and wood pulp in paper industry etc. (ii) It is used for disinfecting drinking water.

Write the common name of CaOCl2. How is it prepared ? Write the chemical equation of the reaction involved in the process. Give any two uses of it.

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The common name of CaOCl₂ is Bleaching power.

By passing chlorine into dry slaked lime (Ca(OH)₂)

Ca(OH)₂+Cl₂ → CaOCl₂.

Two uses :

(i) Used for bleaching cotton and linen in the textile industry and wood pulp in paper industry etc.

(ii) It is used for disinfecting drinking water.