im doing a project and i need to know what is chlorine used in.
2006-10-02 15:10:46 · 6 answers · asked by em h 1 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Chlorine is an important chemical for some processes of water purification, in disinfectants, and in bleach. Ozone can also be used for killing bacteria, and is preferred by many municipal drinking water systems because ozone does not form organochlorine compounds and does not remain in the water after treatment.
Chlorine is also used widely in the manufacture of many every-day items, or to purify water in various forms.
* Used (in the form of hypochlorous acid) to kill bacteria and other microbes from drinking water supplies and swimming pools. Even small water supplies are now routinely chlorinated. (See also chlorination)
* Used widely in paper product production, antiseptic, dyestuffs, food, insecticides, paints, petroleum products, plastics, medicines, textiles, solvents, and many other consumer products.
Oxidizing agent
Chlorine is used extensively in organic and inorganic chemistry as an oxidizing agent and in substitution reactions because chlorine often imparts many desired properties to an organic compound when it is substituted for hydrogen (as in synthetic rubber production) because of its high electron affinity.
2006-10-02 15:12:24 · answer #1 · answered by DanE 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chlorine is a toxic, yellow-green gas that's one of today's most heavily used chemical agents. Because it occurs in nature only in the rarest of circumstances, chlorine is manufactured by passing an electrical current through salt water or melted salt. This electricity splits the salt molecules apart and creates chlorine.
Free chlorine does not occur in nature, but its compounds are common minerals, and it is the 20th most abundant element in the earth's crust.
Chlorine is an active element, reacting with water, organic compounds, and many metals.
2006-10-02 15:24:42 · answer #2 · answered by jade60 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chlorine is used to clean swimming pools.
2006-10-02 15:12:04 · answer #3 · answered by Snow White Queen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chlorine is a blue chemical that disinfects the water. Its used in swimming pools and in our sewage systems.
2006-10-02 15:12:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Swimming pools to make it clean, it can also kill you, and it is also part of sodium chloride which is salt.
2006-10-02 15:12:08 · answer #5 · answered by locomonohijo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
drinking water
2006-10-02 15:11:48 · answer #6 · answered by You may be right 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋