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When chlorine reacts with cold and dilute solution of sodium hydroxide, the products obtained are
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Solution:
When chlorine reacts with cold and dilute sodium hydroxide, the following reaction takes place: 2NaOH+Cl2⟶NaCl+NaClO+H2O.
Hence the products are Cl−and ClO−
When chlorine reacts with hot and concentrated sodium hydoxide, the following reaction takes place: NaOH+Cl2⟶5NaCl+NaClO3+3H2O
Hence the products are Cl−and ClO3−