Bleaching Powder
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfect
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- chloride of limechlorinated lime
- plural
- Bleaching Powders
- possessive
- Bleaching Powder's
- pluralpossessive
- Bleaching Powders'