Nascent oxygen is a powerful oxidising agent which is responsible for bleaching and sterilizing property of chlorine .
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In the presence of a very small amount of dilute acid, it gives nascent oxygen. Due to the evolution of nascent oxygen, it acts as an oxidising and a bleaching agent. ... Chlorine gas produced in this way is known as, “available chlorine” which is responsible for the bleaching action of bleaching power.
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