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What happens when chlorine reacts in slaked lime?


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Slaked lime:

  • Slaked lime, or calcium hydroxide CaOH2, is an inorganic substance.
  • When calcium oxide CaO is combined with water H2O, it produces a colorless crystal of slaked lime.

Reaction of chlorine with slaked lime:

  • When chlorine Cl2 is passed over slaked lime, it results in the formation of bleaching powder CaOCl2.
  • The reaction is as follows:

Cl2gChlorine+CaOH2aqSlakedlimeCaOCl2aqBleachingpowder+H2OlWater

Therefore, the reaction of chlorine with dry slaked lime produces bleaching powder, which is calcium oxychloride.


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