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What type of reaction occurs between methane and chlorine in diffused sunlight?

Correct answer B. Radical substitution

Explanation

Light splits chlorine molecules into free radicals, which replace hydrogen atoms in methane one by one, forming chloromethane and hydrogen chloride in a chain reaction.

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