I am going to be testing VOC removal from water and I can not find whether chlorine is a VOC anywhere on the internet.
2007-01-08 12:15:18 · 4 answers · asked by Ash 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
The USEPA definition is given at the reference. A VOC is required to be organic and within the parameters of the defintion.
2007-01-08 14:22:39 · answer #1 · answered by Peter Boiter Woods 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good question! first i would like to clarify that chlorine is not a compound but an element. A compound is a pure chemical substance consisting of two or more different chemical elements that can be separated into simpler substances. An organic compound contains carbon as one of its elements.
In reference to chlorine volatility; is not volatile specially the one use as household product, but if you are interest in obtaine chlorine from NaClO (sodium hypochlorite) you can add HCl and obtain gas chlorine:
NaClO + 2 HCl â Cl2 + H2O + NaCl
2013-11-30 06:43:40 · answer #2 · answered by Rosamaria 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually "organic" compounds have carbon atoms. Chlorine, by definition, has no carbon atoms in it.
2007-01-08 20:23:10 · answer #3 · answered by geek49203 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
For a compound to be *organic*, it must contain carbon atom(s).
Chlorine is an element and does not contain carbon.
2007-01-08 20:22:17 · answer #4 · answered by Jerry P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋