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PLEASE I NEED HELP WITH A CHEMISTRY QUESTION TO DO WITH CHLORINE! :)?
I need the answer urgently I shall copy the question here. Janola is a solution of sodium hypochlorite and the hypochlorite ion, OCl-, is a very good disinfectant that is often used to kill bacteria in water. Use an appropriate equation from your notes to explain why it can be very dangerous to clean your toilet by mixing Janola with other types of acidic cleaners.
I know part of the answer is Because it could for chlorine gas, but WHAT IS THE EQUATION!??! PLEASE
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
You need to refer to your notes like what you indicated in your post, you'll choose which acids to use to create the equation. Even water can act as the acid. Depends on how the lecture was discussed. You can create many reaction equations but they should be relevant to your notes/what was discussed or emphasized. What was the lecture about?
But let me give you an example reaction with catalyst NaCl, to generate the byproduct of Cl2,
NaClO3 + NaCl + H2SO4 → ClO2 + ½Cl2 + Na2SO4 + H2O
and even if you use water (electrolysis reaction) which will act as an acid in this equation,
Step 1 NaCl + 3H2O + electrical energy → NaClO3 + 3H2
Step 2 H2 + Cl2 → 2HCl
Step 3 NaClO3 + 2HCl → ClO2 + ½Cl2 + NaCl + H2O
Overall equation: ½Cl2 + 2H2O → ClO2 + 2H2
- 1 decade ago
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