Chlorination of alkanes is a photochemical process. It is initiated by the process of:

heterolysis

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homolysis

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pyrolysis

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hydrolysis

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Solution

The correct option is A homolysis
Photochemical chlorination of alkane takes place by free radical mechanism which are possible by homolysis of $C l - C l$ bond by sunlight.
${C l}_{2} h ν - \to {C l}^{∙} + {C l}^{∙}$
$C H_{3} - C H_{3} + {C l}^{∙} ⟶^{∙} C H_{2} C H_{3} + H C l$
$C l - C l +^{∙} C H_{2} C H_{3} ⟶ C l - C H_{2} C H_{3} + {C l}^{∙}$

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