Chlorine is widely used in the paper industry for bleaching wood pulp. What is the fundamental chemical mechanism of its bleaching action?
Q1. Chlorine is widely used in the paper industry for bleaching wood pulp. What is the fundamental chemical mechanism of its bleaching action?
Answer: Oxidation mechanism
Explanation: Chlorine bleaches via the formation of nascent oxygen; SO2 is tempting as it bleaches via reduction, but the question specifies Chlorine.