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Green chemistry in day-to-day life is in the use of:

Options

  1. AChlorine for bleaching of paper
  2. BLarge amount of water alone for washing clothes
  3. CTetrachloroethene for laundry
  4. DLiquified CO 2 for dry cleaning of clothes

Correct answer

D. Liquified CO 2 for dry cleaning of clothes

Step-by-step solution

Chlorine gas was used earlier for bleaching paper. These days, hydrogen peroxide H 2 O 2 is used with suitable catalyst. Tetrachloroethene Cl 2 C = CCl 2 was earlier used as solvent for dry cleaning. The compound contaminates the ground water and is also a suspected carcinogen. Replacement of halogenated solvent by liquid CO 2 will result in less harm to groundwater. Hence, given statement ( 4 ) is correct.

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