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With which substance should chlorine be treated to get bleaching powder?

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When calcium hydroxide is treated with chlorine gas it yields bleaching powder. It is shown in the following chemical reaction.

Reaction: $C a (O H)_{2} (s) + C l_{2} (g) \to C a O C l_{2} (s) + H_{2} O (l)$
Bleaching
powder

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