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chemical equation of dilute sulphuric acid on bleaching powder ?

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Bleaching powder is CaOCl₂(calcium oxychloride). It gives strong smell of chlorine. It reacts with sulphuric acid to form calcium sulphate and chlorine gas is liberated.
Reaction is given below -
CaOCl₂ + H₂SO₄ $\to$ CaSO₄ + Cl₂ + H₂O

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