Chlorine Powder is an inorganic compound. It is used in the sanitation process for sewage and industrial waste and used for bleaching paper and textiles, hemp, fiber, and starch and in cleaning products. It acts as algicide, oxidizing agent and sanitizer. It is used to cleanup hydrazine spills. It also used for bacterial control, odor control, and general sanitation in dairies, wineries, breweries, canneries, food processing plants, beverage bottling plants used for water treatment and as a bleaching agent.