How is chlorine prepared in the laboratory ? How does it react with the following ?
hot, conc. NaOH

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In the laboratory chlorine is prepared by the oxidation of HCl with `MnO_(2)`.
`4" HCl"+"MnO"_(2)to"MnCl"_(2)+2" H"_(2)O+Cl_(2)uarr`
`Cl_(2)` reacts with hot Conc. NaOH to form sodium chloride and sodium chlorate
`3Cl_(2)+6" NaOH"to5" NaCl"+"NaClO"_(3)+3" H"_(2)O`

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