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Test for Chlorine Gas,  Cl_2(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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