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Bleaching powder is a base.

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Is bleaching powder a base or a salt?

Bleaching powder is a salt that contains the hypochlorite ion. It is commonly used as a disinfectant and bleaching agent.


What happens when bleaching powder reacts with dil sulphuric acid?

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Is baking powder acid or base?

Baking powder is an acid


Is baking powder an acid?

no, it is not an acid but it is a base.


What happens when acid reacts with bleaching powder?

A potentially dangerous evolution of chlorine gas. The mechanism is complex. Bleaching powder is a hypochlorite salt containing OCl- ion. In acid solution the weak acid HOCl hypochlorous acid is formed. The following reaction is slow but effective:- 2HOCl -> H+(aq) + Cl- + HClO2 (formation of chlorous acid) HOCl + ClO2- -> ClO3- +H+ + Cl- This creation of Cl- is key There is an equilibrium HOCl + OH3+ + Cl- <-> Cl2 + 2H2O (this occurs when Cl2 dissolves in water) Adding acid to hypochlorite sets this up as shown above. Excess acid (low pH) drives this equilibrium to the right (Le Chateliers principle) and chlorine gas is evolved first traces are dissolved in water but rapidly it comes out of solution further displacing the equilibrium.


What is the common name of bleaching powder?

common name for bleaching powder is calcium oxychloride.


What compound should be added to bleaching powder to obtain chlorine?

An acid compound. Be very carefull: Chlorine is very VERY toxic gas.


What is baking powder an acid or base?

baking powder is neutral


What is the common name for bleaching powder CaCl OCl?

The common name for bleaching powder is calcium oxychloride.


Is baking powder a base or a acid?

Baking powder is mostly basic.


Who found Bleaching Powder?

Bleaching powder was discovered by Scottish chemist Charles Tennant in 1799.


Is baking powder a base or an acid?

Baking powder is a base since its pH level is somewhere between 8 and 8.5.