How is chlorine obtained in the laboratory ? How does it react with the following ?
cold dil. NaOH

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In the laboratory chlorine is prepared by the oxidation of HCl with `MnO_(2)`.
`4HCl+"MnO"_(2)to"MnCl"_(2)+2" H"_(2)O+Cl_(2)uarr`
Chlorine reacts with cold dil. NaOH to form sodium hypochlorite.
`Cl_(2)+2" NaOH"to NaCl+NaOCl+H_(2)O`

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