ChemistryCode 9701
The reactions of chlorine
What this topic asks you to be able to do
- describe and interpret, by following the changes in oxidation number, how chlorine reacts with aqueous sodium hydroxide, both cold and hot, and recognise both as disproportionation reactions
- account for chlorine's role in purifying water, including by way of an equation, covering the formation of the active species HOCl and ClO– that destroy bacteria