Question

In one of the industrial process used for the manufacture of sodium hydroxide a gas X is formed as a byproduct the gas X reacts with dry slaked lime to give a compound Y which is used as a bleaching agent in the chemical industry identify X and Y giving the chemical equation of the reaction involved

Answer 1

x- chlorine

y- CaOCl2

NaCl + H20 ---> NaOH + Cl2 + H2

Ca(OH)2+ Cl2 --> CaOCl2 + H2O