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chlorine

[ UK /klˈɔːɹiːn/ ]
[ US /ˈkɫɔɹin/ ]
NOUN
  1. a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water)

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  • At atmospheric temperatures, ozone is a colorless gas with an odor similar to chlorine that can usually be detected at a level of about 0.01 parts per million.
  • The ATi sensor polariser is a battery powered device which provides the "bias voltage" needed to stabilize the ATi chlorine, chlorine dioxide or ozone polarographic sensors. Edie.net - Latest News
  • Analytical Research and Technology (University of Liège, Belgique), show that exposure to chlordecone (also named Kepone), an organochlorine chemical with well defined estrogenic properties used in the French West Indies until 1993, is associated to a significant increased risk of prostate cancer. RedOrbit News - Technology
  • IS is said to have used chlorine gas in attacks and built up a substantial chemical weapons cache. The Sun
  • Detection rates and wet weight concentrations varied widely for organochlorine pesticides and PCB congeners.
  • But the process of disinfecting water with chlorine and chloramines and other types of disinfectants generates a class of compounds in the water that are called disinfection by-products. Disinfectants Used To Purify Water Create Toxic By-Products | Impact Lab
  • These compounds are more reactive than paraffins or naphthenes and readily combine with other elements such as hydrogen, chlorine, and bromine. Hydrocarbon chemistry
  • Back on the farm, this cantaloupe, like most cantaloupes, was treated with organochlorine pesticides—in this case, a type known as endosulfan. The Autoimmune Epidemic
  • It's just that its call is the harbinger of spring - a signal to start chucking chlorine into the swimming pool.
  • Dry chlorine, iodine, bromine and fluorine cause little or no corrosion of magnesium at room or slightly elevated temperature.
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