Q.

In bleaching powder individual oxidation numbers of chlorine atoms are x, y .

The value of x+y is ___

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Detailed Solution

Structure of CaOCl2 is:

Cl-1-Ca-OCl+1

Oxidation of Cl (attached to O) has +1 and the other terminal Cl has -1 oxidation state. The sum of oxidation state of Cl atoms in CaOCl2 is 0.

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