Name three compounds of calcium which are used in day-to-day life and write one important use of each of them. [3 MARKS]

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The three compounds of calcium and their uses are :

1. Slaked lime [Calcium hydroxide, ${C a (O H)}_{2}$ ] – used for the manufacture of bleaching power.

2. Bleaching powder [Calcium oxychloride, ${C a O C l}_{2}$ ] – used as bleaching agent in laundry.

3. Plaster of Paris [Calcium sulphate hemihydrate, ${C a (S O)}_{4}$ (1/2) $H_{2} O$ ] – used to plaster the fractured bones.

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