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Manganese dioxide plus hydrogen chloride gives chlorine, manganese(II) chloride and water.

Chlorine was discovered in 1774 by C. W. Scheele using this reaction.

4
HCl
  +  
MnO2
         
Cl2
  +  
MnCl2
  +  
2
H2O
Reactant Page Go To Go To
Hydrogen chloride     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Manganese dioxide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Chlorine     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Manganese(II) chloride     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Water     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: AS
Laboratory Synthetic Method
Oxidation: Of Substrate By Reagent
Redox

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