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Bleaching of a fabric cloth is done using A and excess of chlorine is removed using B. A and B are :
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D
CaOCl 2 acts as bleaching agent while Na 2 S 2 O 3 acts as antichlor according to the following reaction.
CaOCl 2 + H 2 O ⎯→ Ca(OH) 2 + Cl 2 .
Na 2 S 2 O 3 + 4Cl 2 + 5H 2 O ⎯→ 2NaHSO 4 + 8HCl.
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