Oxidation of $H C l$ with oxygen releases :

H_{2}

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C l_{2}

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O_{2}

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H_{2} S

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Solution

The correct option is B $C l_{2}$
Before electrolytic methods were used for chlorine production, the direct oxidation of hydrogen chloride with oxygen or air was exercised in the Deacon process $4 H C l + O_{2} \to 2 C l_{2} + 2 H_{2} O$
This reaction is accomplished with the use of copper(II) chloride ( $C u C l_{2}$ ) as a catalyst and is performed at high temperature (about 400 $^{o}$ C). The amount of extracted chlorine is approximately 80%. Due to the extremely corrosive reaction mixture, industrial use of this method is difficult and several pilot trials failed in the past.

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