Chlorine gas removes hydrogen from water $(H_{2} O)$ ; oxygen gas is liberated.

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Solution

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At the boiling temperature of water, chlorine decomposes water
$2 C l_{2} + 2 H_{2} O \to 4 H C l + O_{2}$

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