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Bleaching powder, , is treated with excess dilute and is liberated. The oxidation states of the two chlorine atoms in bleaching powder and the type of redox change in forming are

  1. A and ; reduction only
  2. B and ; oxidation only
  3. C and ; disproportionation
  4. D and ; comproportionation (both go to 0)

Answer: D

In one Cl is in the hypochlorite () and the other in the chloride (). : is reduced to 0 and is oxidised to 0. A species forming from two different oxidation states of the same element is a comproportionation.
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