Remove Bathroom Stains with Bleach Use a bleaching powder for cleaning stains on the sink or countertop. Mix a tablespoon bleaching powder with 1 gallon warm water and stir to dissolve.
The steamship England, which cleared from Queenstown on January 12th, with 200 passengers on board, was obliged to put back to harbor in consequence of the breaking, during a heavy storm, of a number of barrels of bleaching powder in the hold.
1. Preparation of Bleaching Powder
Bleaching powder is synthesized by the action of chlorine gas (produced from the chlor-alkali process) on dry slaked lime (Ca(OCl2)).
2. Uses of Bleaching Powder
It is used for bleaching dirty clothes in the laundry and as a bleaching agent for cotton and linen in the textile industry. Hence used as an oxidizer in many industries
3.Sodium Hydroxide
Sodium hydroxide is a whitish solid, available in flakes, pellets and granules. It is soluble in a polar solvent such as water but insoluble in non-polar solvents such as ether.
