Give the reason for bleaching action of $C l_{2}$ .

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Bleaching action of $C l_{2}$

Chlorine is a powerful bleaching agent, and its bleaching action happens due to oxidation.
$C l_{2} + H_{2} O \to 2 H C l + [O]$

The nascent oxygen reacts with dye to make it colourless.

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