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Chlorine is used to purify drinking water. Excess of chlorine is harmful. The excess of chlorine is removed by treating with sulphur dioxide. Present a balanced equation for the redox change taking place in water.

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The balanced chemical reaction for the redox reaction between chlorine and sulphur dioxide is:
$C l_{2} + S O_{2} + 2 H_{2} O \to 2 C l^{-} + S O_{4}^{2 -} + 4 H^{+}$ .

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