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Question
How can you apply green chemistry for the following:
To avoid use of halogenated solvents in drycleaning and that of chlorine in bleaching.
Solution
The organic solvents like benzene, carbon tetrachloride, toluene etc., are highly toxic in nature. Everyone needs to be careful while using them. For bleaching the cloth hydrogen peroxide is used which is not harmful. Earlier chlorine was used for bleaching the clothes.
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