Chlorine
Chemical element with the symbol Cl and atomic number 17.
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Hydrogen chloride
Hydrogen halide.
Hydrogen halide.
Hydrogen chloride is a diatomic molecule, consisting of a hydrogen atom H and a chlorine atom Cl connected by a polar covalent bond.
Chloride
Anion Cl−.
Anion Cl−.
It is formed when the element chlorine (a halogen) gains an electron or when a compound such as hydrogen chloride is dissolved in water or other polar solvents.
Sodium chloride
Ionic compound with the chemical formula NaCl, representing a 1:1 ratio of sodium and chloride ions.
Ionic compound with the chemical formula NaCl, representing a 1:1 ratio of sodium and chloride ions.
Large quantities of sodium chloride are used in many industrial processes, and it is a major source of sodium and chlorine compounds used as feedstocks for further chemical syntheses.
Oxidizing agent
Substance in a redox chemical reaction that gains or "accepts"/"receives" an electron from a (called the, , or ).
Substance in a redox chemical reaction that gains or "accepts"/"receives" an electron from a (called the, , or ).
Fluorine (F2), chlorine (Cl2), and other halogens
Humphry Davy
British chemist and inventor from Cornwall who invented the Davy lamp and a very early form of arc lamp.
British chemist and inventor from Cornwall who invented the Davy lamp and a very early form of arc lamp.
He is also remembered for isolating, by using electricity, several elements for the first time: potassium and sodium in 1807 and calcium, strontium, barium, magnesium and boron the following year, as well as for discovering the elemental nature of chlorine and iodine.
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
Swedish German pharmaceutical chemist.
Swedish German pharmaceutical chemist.
Scheele discovered oxygen (although Joseph Priestley published his findings first), and identified molybdenum, tungsten, barium, hydrogen, and chlorine, among others.
Mercury(II) chloride
Mercury(II) chloride (or mercury bichloride, mercury dichloride), historically also known as sulema or corrosive sublimate, is the inorganic chemical compound of mercury and chlorine with the formula HgCl2.
Bleach
Generic name for any chemical product that is used industrially or domestically to remove color from a fabric or fiber or to clean or to remove stains in a process called bleaching.
Generic name for any chemical product that is used industrially or domestically to remove color from a fabric or fiber or to clean or to remove stains in a process called bleaching.
Chlorine, a powerful oxidizer, is the active agent in many household bleaches.
Disinfectant
Chemical substance or compound used to inactivate or destroy microorganisms on inert surfaces.
Chemical substance or compound used to inactivate or destroy microorganisms on inert surfaces.
In wastewater treatment, a disinfection step with chlorine, ultra-violet (UV) radiation or ozonation can be included as tertiary treatment to remove pathogens from wastewater, for example if it is to be discharged to a river or the sea where there body contact immersion recreations is practiced (Europe) or reused to irrigate golf courses (US).
Salt
Mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride , a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of salts; salt in the form of a natural crystalline mineral is known as rock salt or halite.
Mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride , a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of salts; salt in the form of a natural crystalline mineral is known as rock salt or halite.
Its major industrial products are caustic soda and chlorine; salt is used in many industrial processes including the manufacture of polyvinyl chloride, plastics, paper pulp and many other products.