Calcium Hypochlorite 70%

UsesSanitationCalcium hypochlorite is commonly used to sanitize public swimming pools and disinfectdrinking water. Generally the commercial substances are sold with a purity of65% to 73% with other chemicals present, such as calcium chloride and calciumcarbonate, resulting from the manufacturing process. As a swimming poolchemical, it is blended with other chemicals less on than other forms ofchlorine, due to dangerous reactions with some common pool chemicals. Insolution, calcium hypochlorite could be used as a general purpose sanitizer, butdue to calcium residue, sodium hypochlorite (bleach) is usually preferred.

Organic chemistry

Calcium hypochlorite is a general oxidizingagent and therefore finds some use in organicchemistry. For instance the compound is used to cleave glycols, Î±-hydroxy carboxylic acids and keto acids to yield fragmented aldehydes or carboxylicacids. Calcium hypochlorite can also be used in the haloform reaction to manufacture chloroform.