JEE Advanced Model Paper 4 with solutions for online practice

Chlorine was discovered by Scheele by the action of HCl on MnO2
MnO2 + 4HCl → MnCl2 + Cl2 + 2H2O
It can be manufactured by Deacon's process and by electrolytic process
→ 4HCl +O2

CuCl2

→

2Cl2 + 2H2O
It is a greenish yellow gas with pungent and suffocating odour. Cl2 reacts with a number of metals and nonmetals to form chlorides it has great affinity for hydrogen. It reacts with compounds containing hydrogento form HCl. Chlorine water acts as an oxidizing agent and as a bleaching agent