Q. Bleaching powder is disinfectant for purification of water. When water born germs are killed. But disinfectant activity is destroyed. It is due to disproportion into
A) $CaCl_{2}\ and\ Cl_{2}$
B) $CaCl_{2}\ and\ Ca\left( ClO_{3} \right)_{2}$
C) $CaO\ and\ Cl_{2}$
D) $CaO,\ Cl_{2}\ and\ CaCl_{2}$
Explanation
(b)
$CaCl(OCl) \rightarrow Ca\left( ClO_{3} \right)_{2} + CaCl_{2}$
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