Answer:
In
the manufacture of sodium hydroxide, hydrogen gas and chlorine gas (X) are
formed as by-product. Chlorine gas reacts with lime water to give bleaching
powder, a bleaching agent. Thus, X is chlorine gas (CI2 gas).
Y is calcium oxychloride or bleaching
powder ().
The equation for the preparation of
sodium hydroxide is
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