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Q. When chlorine is passed through concentrated solution of KOH, the compound formed is:

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When chlorine is passed into hot concentrated solution of KOH, potassium chlorate is formed. $ 6KOH+3C{{l}_{2}}\xrightarrow{{}}5KCl+\underset{\begin{smallmatrix} \text{potassium} \\ \text{chlorate} \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{KCl{{O}_{3}}}}\,+3{{H}_{2}}O $