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Test for Chlorine Gas,
Cl2(g).
Chlorine
1) Is green-yellow in colour.
2) Has a pungent choking smell.
3) Will turn moist litmus or universal
indicator paper red,
and then bleach it white.
4) Will put out a lit splint.
Specific
test.
Chlorine is the only gas which has a bleaching effect.
Collecting Chlorine.
Chlorine
is more dense than
air
and can be collected by downward
delivery or using a gas
syringe.
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