BCECE Engineering BCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2006

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    When chlorine is passed through concentrated solution of KOH, the compound formed is:

    A) \[KCl{{O}_{4}}\]               

    B)         \[KCl{{O}_{3}}\]

    C)  \[KCl{{O}_{2}}\]              

    D)         \[KClO\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    When chlorine is passed into hot concentrated solution of KOH, potassium chlorate is formed. \[6KOH+3C{{l}_{2}}\xrightarrow{{}}5KCl+\underset{\text{potassium}\,\text{chlorate}}{\mathop{KCl{{O}_{3}}}}\,+3{{H}_{2}}O\]


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