Question

what is homolytic fission ?​

Answer 1

It's the breaking of a covalent bond whereby both atoms take back one electron, leaving both with an unpaired electron, such electrons are called radicals.

Cl-Cl give rise to 2Cl

Answer 2

Answer:

homolytic fission is chemical bond dissociation of a molecular bond by a process where each of the fragments retains one of the originally bonded electrons.