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A sanitary worker uses a white chemical having strong smell of chlorine gas to disinfect the water tank.
(i) Identify the chemical compound write is chemical formula.
(ii) Give chemical equation for its preparation.
(iii) Write its two uses other than disinfection.

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(i) Bleaching powder- `CaOCl_2`
(ii) `Ca(OH)_2+Cl_2 to CaOCl_2+H_2O`
(iii) Two uses other than disinfection are:
(a) Paper industries (b) Chemical industries.
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