What do we get when ethene is reacted with $HCl$ ?

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Reaction of ethene with $HCl$ :
When ethene $(C_{2} H_{4})$ reacts with Hydrochloric acid $(HCl)$ , it yields Chloroethane $(C_{2} H_{5} Cl)$ .
This type of reaction is known as an addition reaction.
The chemical reaction and mechanism are depicted as:

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