Difference between revisions of "Calcium chloride hypochlorite"

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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
A fine white powder that is a strong oxidizing bleach. Calcium chloride hypochlorite is prepared by passing chlorine gas through slaked lime.  It decomposes in water to produce chlorine.  Some commercial bleaching powders are prepared as physical mixtures of [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=calcium%20chloride calcium chloride] and [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=calcium%20hypochlorite calcium hypochlorite].  Aqueous solutions of calcium chloride hypochlorite are equivalent to solutions of calcium hypochlorite with [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=calcium%20hydroxide calcium hydroxide].  Both contain about 60-65% available chlorine.
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A fine white powder that is a strong oxidizing bleach. Calcium chloride hypochlorite is prepared by passing chlorine gas through slaked lime.  It decomposes in water to produce chlorine.  Some commercial bleaching powders are prepared as physical mixtures of [[calcium chloride]] and [[calcium hypochlorite]].  Aqueous solutions of calcium chloride hypochlorite are equivalent to solutions of calcium hypochlorite with [[calcium hydroxide]].  Both contain about 60-65% available chlorine.
  
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==

Revision as of 14:14, 9 January 2014

Description

A fine white powder that is a strong oxidizing bleach. Calcium chloride hypochlorite is prepared by passing chlorine gas through slaked lime. It decomposes in water to produce chlorine. Some commercial bleaching powders are prepared as physical mixtures of Calcium chloride and Calcium hypochlorite. Aqueous solutions of calcium chloride hypochlorite are equivalent to solutions of calcium hypochlorite with Calcium hydroxide. Both contain about 60-65% available chlorine.

Synonyms and Related Terms

chlorinated lime; bleaching powder

Other Properties

Soluble in water.

Composition CaCl(OCl)

Authority

  • G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 199
  • Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia, Douglas M. Considine (ed.), Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1976

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