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Chlorine is a greenish-yellow colored nonmetal gas with the atomic number 17. It was first isolated in 1774 by Carl Wilhelm Scheele and has a boiling point of -34°C. Chlorine is never found naturally in its elemental form and is produced industrially through electrolysis of sodium chloride. It has a wide variety of uses including water treatment, production of plastics, medicines, and bleach. Chlorine is also very toxic and dangerous even at low concentrations.

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Chlorine is a greenish-yellow colored nonmetal gas with the atomic number 17. It was first isolated in 1774 by Carl Wilhelm Scheele and has a boiling point of -34°C. Chlorine is never found naturally in its elemental form and is produced industrially through electrolysis of sodium chloride. It has a wide variety of uses including water treatment, production of plastics, medicines, and bleach. Chlorine is also very toxic and dangerous even at low concentrations.

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Atomic Number: 17 Atomic Weight: 35.453 Melting Point: 171.65 K (-101.5C or -150.7F) Boiling Point: 239.11 K (-34.04C or -29.

27F) Density: 0.003214 grams per cubic centimeter Phase at Room Temperature: Gas Element Classification: Non-metal Period Number: 3 Group Number: 17 Group Name: Halogen What's in a name? From the Greek word for greenish yellow, chloros. Say what? Chlorine is pronounced as KLOR-een or as KLOR-in. History and Uses: Since it combines directly with nearly every element, chlorine is never found free in nature. Chlorine was first produced by Carl Wilhelm Scheele, a Swedish chemist, when he combined the mineral pyrolusite (MnO2) with hydrochloric acid (HCl) in 1774. Although Scheele thought the gas produced in his experiment contained oxygen, Sir Humphry Davy proved in 1810 that it was actually a distinct element. Today, most chlorine is produced through the electrolysis of aqueous sodium chloride (NaCl). Chlorine is commonly used as an antiseptic and is used to make drinking water safe and to treat swimming pools. Large amounts of chlorine are used in many industrial processes, such as in the production of paper products, plastics, dyes, textiles, medicines, antiseptics, insecticides, solvents and paints. Two of the most familiar chlorine compounds are sodium chloride (NaCl) and hydrogen chloride (HCl). Sodium chloride, commonly known as table salt, is used to season food and in some industrial processes. Hydrogen chloride, when mixed with water (H2O), forms hydrochloric acid, a strong and commercially important acid. Other chlorine compounds include: chloroform (CHCl3), carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), potassium chloride (KCl), lithium chloride (LiCl), magnesium chloride (MgCl2) and chlorine dioxide (ClO2). Chlorine is a very dangerous material. Liquid chlorine burns the skin and gaseous chlorine irritates the mucus membranes. Concentrations of the gas as low as 3.5 parts per million can be detected by smell while concentrations of 1000 parts per million can be fatal after a few deep breaths.

Estimated Crustal Abundance: 1.45102 milligrams per kilogram Estimated Oceanic Abundance: 1.94104 milligrams per liter Number of Stable Isotopes: 2 (View all isotope data) Ionization Energy: 12.968 eV Oxidation States: +7, +5, +1, -1 Electron Shell Configuration: 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p5

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