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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. Chlorine’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, …show more content…

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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Additional Information

Chlorine was the first substance used as a poisonous gas in World War I (1914-
1919) , along with gases like tear gas, phosgene (a lung irritant), and mustard gas. Flame-throwers were also tried, but at first were thought ineffective because of their short range, but when napalm (made up of palmitic and napthenic acids), a sort of thick, sticky gasoline, was developed, flame throwers were quite useful in World War II.
Most Chlorine is made by electrolysis of a salt solution, with a by- product of sodium hydroxide. Some industrial chlorine is made by oxidizing hydrogen chloride (a colorless, corrosive, nonflammable gas with a penetrating, suffocating odor.) .

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