Chapter 5, Problem 6PE

Chlorine dioxide, ClO₂, is used to kill bacteria in the dairy industry, meat industry, and other food and beverage industry applications. It is unstable, but can be made by the following reaction:

${\text{Cl}}_{\text{2}}{\text{+ 2NaClO}}_{\text{2}}\stackrel{}{\to }{\text{2ClO}}_{\text{2}}\text{+ 2NaCl}$

Identify the substances oxidized and reduced, as well as the oxidizing and reducing agents in the reaction.