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Chlorine Bleaching Powder

IP, BP, EP, Ph Eur, USP NF, JP, FCC Food

Chlorine Bleaching Powder

CAS Number 7778-54-3
Molecular Weight 142.98 g/mol
Chemical Formula Ca(OCl)2
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Calcium hypochlorite is an inorganic compound with formula Ca(ClO)2. It is the main active ingredient of commercial products called bleaching powder, chlorine powder, or chlorinated lime, used for water treatment and as a bleaching agents. It is a white solid, although commercial samples appear yellowish. It strongly smells of chlorine, owing to its slow decomposition in moist air. It is not highly soluble in hard water, and is more preferably used in soft to medium-hard water. Stable Bleaching Powder is manufactured by Chlorination of high grade Hydrated Lime (Slaked Lime). It decomposses on contact with water, releasing chlorine at the point of application. This makes it a strong oxidising, bleaching and disinfecting agent.


Specifications of Chlorine Powder or Bleaching Powder:
Appearance: White to off-white powder.
Odor: Pungent
Available Chlorine: 34- 36%
Moisture: <0.2%
Particle size (passing through 1.70 mm IS sieve or 10 BSS sieve): 99.5 % by mass.


Certifications :
We manufacture Bulk Drugs / API, Excipients, Pharmaceuticals (IP/BP/USP/NF/Ph. Eur, JP/ CP), Speciality Chemicals(Pure/AR/ACS), Mineral Fortifiers, Food Chemical Codex (FCC) and Flavour chemicals. Our manufacturing facility is cGMP, GLP, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 22000, ISO/IEC 17025, FSSC 22000, FSSAI, Kosher, HALAL, EXCiPACT, WC, COPP, WHO-GMP and WC certified. We are also REACH registered for export to European countries.