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Question:

Yellow color of chlorine water fades because of?

Form HCl HOCl

Chlorine gas escapes

Cl2O

ClO2+H2

Solution:

Correct option is A. Form HCl HOCl. Cl₂ + H₂O → HCl + HClO. HClO → HCl + [O] (nascent oxygen responsible for bleaching action). Chlorine water loses its yellow colour due to the formation of HCl and HClO.