Which of the following distinguishes bleaching powder from carbonyl chloride?

Number of chlorine atoms.

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Number of oxygen atoms.

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Calcium atom.

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Hydrogen atom.

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Solution

The correct option is D Calcium atom.
Bleaching powder is $C a O C l_{2}$ and
carbonyl chloride is $C O C l_{2}$ .

The only difference between both the compound is carbon and calcium.

Hence the correct option is C.

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