Question

Chlorine gas is added to drinking water supplies to kill bacteria.when chlorine react with water it produce a mixture of hydrochloric acid hypochlorous acid.what is the balance chemical equation for this reaction?

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

The balanced chemical equation for the reaction of chlorine gas with water to produce hydrochloric acid and hypochlorous acid is:

Cl2 (g) + H2O (l) -> HCl (aq) + HOCl (aq)