2007-05-25 06:41:29 · 4 answers · asked by Frequent Rider 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
By "liquid chlorine", I assume you mean bleach solution, such as laundry bleach (5% sodium hypochlorite in water). Bleach solution is inherently unstable, and spontaneously decomposes into chlorine gas and sodium hydroxide in solution. Every time you open the bottle and smell the chlorine bleach smell, that tells you where the chlorine is going -- into the air.
2007-05-25 07:21:12 · answer #1 · answered by Dave_Stark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chlorine leaves a liquid system and goes into the air.
2007-05-25 06:45:04 · answer #2 · answered by PV=NRT 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chlorine is a gas. What you probably have is an aqueous solution of Cl so over the winter the dissolved Cl escapes solution.
2007-05-25 06:49:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NaOCl ("chlorine", a.k.a. sodium hypochlorite) becomes Cl2 in water, which either reacts with other things (organics, etc.) or dissipates into the atmosphere.
A slightly more sophisticated version of the previous answerer, but I agree with him. It does "go into the air" (in part), by a process we know as "chlorine dissipation".
2007-05-25 06:52:38 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋