Where are the natural form of chlorine found?

Question

i also need the basic facts about chlorine for my element project. For example, like HOW DID THE ELEMENT GET ITS NAME, PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, FEELS LIKE, SMELLS LIKE, ETC), CHEMICAL PROPERTIES (HOW REACTIVE IS IT? WHAT DOES IT REACT WITH?), INFO ON WHERE IT IS NATURALLY FOUND, HUMAN USES (OTHER THAN FOR NUTITION) FOR PURE ELEMNT, COMPOUNDS CONTAINING ELEMENT, OR MIXTURES CONTAINING ELEMENT, ECOLOGICAL ISSUES FOR PURE ELEMENT, COMPOUNDS CONTAINING ELEMENT, OR MIXTURES CONTAINING ELEMENT, HUMAN HEALTH/NUTITION INFORMATION. NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE EFFECTS ON BODY FOR PURE ELEMENT, COMPOUNDS CONTAING ELEMENT,OR MIXURES CONTAING ELEMENT, HISTORICAL INFORMATION. DID IT PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN HISTORY?

Answer 1

Welcome to your answer:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorine

EDIT: Mattman, could you also print out, staple, and turn in her report for her? Since you've been on here for less than a week, realize most of the questions on here are people way too lazy to even think about how to do their homework.

Answer 2

You sure ask a lot of questions - that's good. I'm not sure about answers for some of the questions, but I will chirp in on some of the others. Elemental chlorine is rarely found in nature. Elemental chlorine will form diatomic molecule (Cl2), which is a greenish colored heavy, toxic gas. The majority of chlorine atoms in the world consist of chloride ions (Cl-) in solutions. The most abundant of these occur as sodium chloride (common salt) in the oceans. There are other chloride containing salts as well - calcium chloride, magnesium chloride, etc. Chlorine is a very reactive element - that is, it exists in several oxidation states due to its ability to readily gain or lose electrons. Although chlorine is a major element found in salt, there are no adverse effects known to the body as with the sodium portion of the molecule. Again in relation to its relationship with sodium in salt, it can be considered that chlorine in the form of salt, as chloride, has been a very important part of history. It has been a major commodity and has been the instigator for wars, laws, religious beliefs and food safety thru history. Chlorine, in partnership with sodium, again, is used in the chlor-alkali industry to produce alkali metals as well as chlorine gas. Another important use for chlorine involves it's partnering with hydrogen ions to form HCl - hydrochloric acid. One common use of HCl is in swimming pool maintenance. Another form of chlorine, as hypochlorite, is used as a bleaching agent.

Answer 3

they cant be found naturally, usually in saltwater and they are in seasalt as you can see. they are used for alot of reasons like to put in bleach and laughing gass! (:

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