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