Bleaching powder is also called calcium chlorohypochlorite. It is a pale yellow powder and has a strong smell of chlorine. On account of formation of nascent oxygen it behaves as oxidising agent and bleaching agent. The amount of chlorine obtained from a sample of bleaching powder with excess of dilute acids or CO2 is called available chlorine. The maximum percent of available chlorine comes to 49%.
CaOCl2+2CH3COOH→(CH3COO)2Ca+Cl2+H2O
2Kl+Cl2→3KCl+l2
l2+2Na2S2O3→Na2S4O6+2Nal