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3. What volume (at and 760 mm.) of oxygen would be 

 obtained by the decomposition of the hydrogen peroxide in 1 kilo- 

 gram of the 3 per cent solution? 



4. Why does a given weight of chlorine in the form of hypo- 

 chlorous acid have twice as great a bleaching (or oxidizing) 

 capacity as has the same weight of chlorine in chlorine water? 



5. Write down all the oxidizing actions mentioned in chapter 

 XVII, noting in each case the oxidizing agent and the reducing 

 agent. 







