Question

What are the uses of bleaching powder ?

Answer 1

Bleaching powder or Calcium hypochlorite (CaOCl2) has a lot of uses.Among them some notarary one’s are:

■ Bleaching powder is used as disinfectant and germicide especially in the sterilization of drinking water.

■ It is used for manufacturing of chloroform.

■ It is used for bleaching silk and wool.

■ It is used as an oxidising agent in many chemical industries to obtain various chemical products.

■ It is mainly used as bleaching agent for cotton, linen and wood pulp.