Dry chlorine gas was passed through two pieces of coloured cotton cloth as shown.

      

Dry chlorine gas was passed through two pieces of coloured cotton cloth as shown.
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a) State what is observed in each experiment.
Experiment 1
Experiment 2
b) Explain your observation using an equation.

  

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sharon
Exp. 1 – No change on the dry cloth because of the absence of hypoochlorous acid r
esponsible for bleaching.
Exp. 2- The wet cloth turned white due to bleaching as chlorine dissolves in water in the wet
cloth to form hypochlorous
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sharon kalunda answered the question on May 16, 2019 at 13:01


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