Chlorine
is (at room temperature) a greenish-yellow gas that can be
readily liquefied at 5170 Tarr or 6.8 atmospheres, at 20 C (68 F), and has a
very disagreeable odor. It’s Element Symbol is Cl, atomic number is 17, and
atomic mass is 35.453. ’s melting point is -101 C or 149.8 F. The
boiling point is -34.05 C or -29.29 F, at one atmosphere pressure. Chlorine is a
member of the halogen group. Chlorine was discovered by Swedish scientist Karl
Wilhelm in 1784, but he first thought it was a compound, rather than an element.
In 1810, Sir Humphrey Davy named it Chlorine, from the Greek word meaning
"greenish-yellow".
Chlorine is used in bleaching agents, disinfectants, monomers ...
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as sulfur, phosphorus, and other halogens. If you were to mix hydrogen and
chlorine gases and keep them in a cool dark place, the mixture would be stable,
but if it were exposed to sunlight, it would cause a strong explosion. If a
burning candle were placed in a sealed container of chlorine, it would keep
burning, and it would produce thick, black, smoke, leaving behind soot. There
are five oxides that chlorine can form: chlorine monoxide; dichloride monoxide;
chlorine dioxide; chlorine heptoxide; and chlorine hexoxide. Chlorine is used in
bleaching agents, disinfectants, monomers (plastics), solvents, and pesticides.
It is also used for bleaching paper pulp and other organic materials, preparing
bromine, (a poisonous element that at room temperature is a dark, reddish-brown),
tetraethyl lead, and killing germs in water, particularly in swimming pools and
hot tubs.
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