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How is Bleaching powder prepared? Give its important uses.

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The bleaching powder is calcium oxychloride. It is prepared by the action of chlorine on dry slaked lime.
Uses :
1. Used for bleaching cotton and linen in the textile industry and wood pulp in the paper industry etc.
2. It is used for disinfecting drinking water.

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