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Question
With which substance should chlorine be treated to get bleaching powder?
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Solution
Chlorine should be treated with dry slaked lime (calcium hydroxide) to get bleaching powder (calcium oxychloride).
The reaction can be given as follows.
`Ca (OH)_2 + Cl_2 -> CaOCI_2 + H_2O`
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