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Account for the following and give reason - Calcium chloride forms a white coloured suspension on adding water .

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When you add calcium chloride to water, the solution heats. When adding calcium chloride to water, hydrochloric acid and calcium oxide form
cacl2 +H2o ---> Cao + HCl
that is why it forms white coloured suspension

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