how it its oxidising?? and there's no oxygen in it??
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Oxidation does not necessarily mean that oxygen needs to be involved in the process. It is defined as a loss of electron or increased in oxidation number of an atom.
In this reaction Chlorine atom gains an electron and getting reduced making it an oxidizing agent.
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