
Sitara Chemicals - Stable Bleaching Powder (Calcium Hypochlorite) - 25KG / Bag - Call 021 32424344
Call : 021 32424344
Bleaching powder is used for disinfecting and deodorizing in food processing, beverage and sugar industries, cotton clothing in laundries, hospitals & homes.
Disinfection for preservation of vegetables & fruits and in water treatment & sewage disposal, swimming pools.
Bleaching of cotton yarn, cotton cloth and linen in textile Industry.
- Stable below 0.5 % moisture contents.
- Produce chlorine odor or HOCl in case of high moisture contents and start decomposing.
- Decomposes by absorption of CO2 from air.
- Decomposition by oxygen separation with low water contents which is accelerated in the presence of heavy metals Fe+3, Ni and Co etc.
- Use personal protective equipment while handling bleaching powder.
Chemical Properties
Parameters |
Commercial Grade | Industrial Grade |
Physical appearance | White or nearly white free flowing powder. | |
Available Chlorine | 30 % ± 1 | 35 % ± 1 |
Moisture | 0.50 % max. | 0.50 % max. |
Particle Size | 99.0 % | 99.0 % |
(Passing through 1.7 mm Sieve) | ||
Stability |
Does not lose > 1/15th of available chlorine on heating at 100 ºC for 2 hours. |
Chemical Formula | Ca (OCl) 2 |
Molecular Weight | N.A |
CAS No. | 7778-54-3 |