Chemistry · Electronic concepts of oxidation and reduction, redox reactions, oxidation number, rules for assigning oxidation number and balancing of redox reactions
All dilute acids react with bleaching powder, liberating:
All dilute acids react with bleaching powder, liberating:
- A. chlorine gas
- B. hydrogengas
- C. nitrogen gas
- D. \( H C l \) gas
Step-by-step solution
Bleaching powder (calcium hypochlorite, Ca(OCl)2) reacts with dilute acids to liberate chlorine gas. The reaction involves the oxidation of chloride ions to chlorine by hypochlorite ions in acidic medium.
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