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Hydrolysis of ${\mathrm{BiCl}}_3$ yields bismuth oxychloride (BiOCl). ${\mathrm{BiCl}}_3$ reacts with water to form BiOCl and HCl. This is due to the high charge density of ${\mathrm{Bi}}^{3+}$.

$$BiC{l}_3+H_{2}O\to BiOCl(\text{orange white turbidity)}+2HCl$$