Bleaching Powder

Yes, you can preserve fresh cut flowers longer by adding some bleach in the vase water. Additionally, you can inhibit bacterial growth by adding a few drops of bleach and some sugar in the water. This will prevent the water from getting cloudy.

Yes, bleaching powder can be used as a disinfectant in water because of its purification properties. When added in water in helps in making the drinking water free from harmful micro-organisms. However, only a very small amount with a certain concentration level must be used because use of highly concentrated bleaching powder can have harmful consequences on your health.

Yes, bleaching powder is a highly reactive and unstable chemical with a pH value of 11 in a diluted state and thus can be harmful to the skin. It can cause irritation to the skin if directly contacted with without proper precautions. Meanwhile, in its concentrated form, it has a ph value of 13 which is considered to be corrosive and thus can cause burns when contacted with the skin.

No, bleach and bleaching powder are not the same. Although they both are the most common chlorine-based bleaches they differ in the fact that bleach is a 3 to 6% solution in water. Bleach is used in households to whiten laundry, remove stains from fabrics and other hard surfaces, disinfecting drinking and swimming pool water, etc.

Meanwhile, bleaching powder which is also known as chloride of lime or chlorinated lime is a mixture of Calcium Hypochlorite, Calcium Hydroxide and Calcium Chloride. It has similar applications as bleach, but is considered more stable and has more chlorine content.

Calcium hypochlorite (CaOCl2) which we commonly know as bleaching powder has a lot of uses including, as disinfectant and germicide. Bleaching powder is especially used in the sterilization of drinking water. It is extensively used in the textile industry where it is used for bleaching silk and wool.

Bleaching powder is also used as bleaching agent for cotton, linen and wood pulp and also for manufacturing of chloroform. Since it has oxidizing properties, it is used as an oxidising agent in many chemical industries to obtain various chemical products.

Yes. Bleaching powder mixed in water can be used to clean and sanitize the doors, windows and floors in households. The solution kills germs and bacteria from surfaces and also makes it clean and shinny. In fact, bleaching powder and water solution is used to sanitize offices, hospitals, malls and other places.

Yes, stains from clothes and other surfaces can be easily removed with the help of bleaching powder. All you need to do is rub some bleaching powder over the stain with some water and leave it for some time. 

Old items such as metallic showpieces or jewellery can be effectively cleaned by soaking the items in a solution of bleaching powder and a little dishwasher in warm water. For a fresh new look, soak them for a couple of hours and after rinsing them with clean water and let them dry in the sunlight.

Either dust the weeds with dry bleaching powder or make a solution of the powder in water and spray over the weeds. In a couple of days the weeds will die and will be easier to remove them. But make sure that you don’t spray or dust you plants, because it will kill them too.