Does anyone know any interesting facts about chlorine?

Question

I am doing a school report and I am having a hard time find interesting facts about. If you do answer, please do not put anything about how chlorine is used in pools, because everyone knows that. If you have sources that would be fabulous.

Answer 1

I find that had to believe, just look in Wikipedia. Its amazing that such a violent chemical is so essential to life as it is. Without salt, people die.

You might know that chlorine was the first gas used in chemical warfare in 1915, however, it was actually proposed for use in the Civil War. Chlorine is a major component of the chemical agent "mustard gas" or S-(CH2CH2Cl)2. Chlorine was used in the pesticides DDT, chlordane, aldrin and dieldrin, which were discontinued due to real and potential health hazards.

Answer 2

Chlorine is among the most abundant of Nature's elements, and combines with other elements to sustain life and the natural processes that have made up our environment for thousands of years.

Chlorine is found in the Earth itself and, as salt, in the seas which cover seven tenths of the planet.

It is fundamental to the life of plants and animals. Nature and chlorine can do some remarkable things, like making a painkiller 200 times more powerful than morphine but with no side-effects - all part of the natural defences of the Ecuadorian tree frog.

Just click on the link below for more information on this wonderful element chlorine...

Answer 3

Some cool facts about chlorine are:

It is very deadly substance. Heavier than air and thus settles along the ground. This is why it was used as a chemical agent in war...it stayed low and filled the trenches. Inside your lungs, chlorine reacts with water to form HCl (hydrochloric acid) which eats your lungs and kills you.

It is one of the most highly reactive elements on the periodic table, and is a strong oxidizer.

It is most often seen in inorganic chemistry (metal salts), but is also a major element in organic chemistry as well. Many chloride containing molecules are essential for life.

Answer 4

Chlorine Interesting Facts

Answer 5

Atomic number: 17
Symbol: Cl
Atomic Mass: 35.453(2) g·mol−1
Chemical Series: Halogen
Density: (0 °C, 101.325 kPa)
3.2 g/L
Melting Point: 171.6 K (-101.5 °C, -150.7 °F)
Boiling point: 239.11 K(-34.04 °C, -29.27 °F)
Crystal Structure: Orthorhombic
Electronegativity: 3.16 (Pauling scale)
Atomic Radius: 100 picometres
Magnetism: Nonmagnetic

Answer 6

I am a blonde and in the summer my hair turns green from it! IF YOUR EXPOSED TO IT FOR A LONG TIME

Answer 7

When reacted with sodium, it makes table salt.