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What does chlorine mean?

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Chlorine is an element, Cl on the Periodic Table.

So, What does chlorine mean?

It is the proper name of the element, Chlorine.

It is often used for sanitizing water, as it kills small microbes

(harmful and otherwise).

With respect to Swimming Pools,

it comes in various forms:

Tablet Chlorine (Usually Trichlor)

Liquid Shock (Sodium Hypochlorite: Chlorine gas suspended in salt water)

and Granular shock (can be either Calcium Hypochlorite, or Sodium Dichlor, most commonly)

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Chlorine is an element, Cl on the Periodic Table.

So, What does chlorine mean?

It is the proper name of the element, Chlorine.

It is often used for sanitizing water, as it kills small microbes

(harmful and otherwise).

With respect to Swimming Pools,

it comes in various forms:

Tablet Chlorine (Usually Trichlor)

Liquid Shock (Sodium Hypochlorite: Chlorine gas suspended in salt water)

and Granular shock (can be either Calcium Hypochlorite, or Sodium Dichlor, most commonly)

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Chlorination is the process of adding the element chlorine to water as a method of water purification to make it fit for human consumption as drinking water. Water which has been treated with chlorine is effective in preventing the spread of waterborne disease.

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Does chlorine reacts with acid to form toxic chlorine gas?

If you mean chlorine bleach, then yeas. Particularly this happens in hypochlorite bleaches.


What is the scientific name of chlorine?

Chlorine comes from the Greek word 'χλωρóς' khlôros, meaning 'pale green'Chlorine is the common name used. the symbol is Cland the atomic number is 17.


How can chlorine levels register 0 to dark orange with the addition of a little liquid chlorine?

Do you mean that adding a little chlorine made the reading go from 0 to a higher level? You should shock your pool once a week with 1L of liquid chlorine per 10000L of water in your pool. You need to add enough chlorine to break apart the combine chlorine (the combination of chlorine and dirt which doesn't sanitize.) If you don't add enough at once, it will be used up and the chlorine reading will remain low.


Is sodium chlorine a compound mixture or element?

No such substance as 'sodium chlorine'. I think you mean 'sodium chloride'. I which case it is an ionic compound. Separately , sodium(metal) is an element and chlorine(gas) is an element. They both appear in the Periodic Table. 'Mixture', does not come into question.


What is free chlorine in a pool?

Free Chlorine is the Chlorine which is free to do its work in the pool, as opposed to Combined Chlorine which is chlorine that has combined with contaminants and is tied up and ineffective as a sanitizer in the pool. Sometimes you will see it abbreviated as FAC, which stands for Free Available Chlorine.

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Is chlorine simple?

Chlorine is anything but simple. Just kidding, I have no idea what you mean.


Does chlorine reacts with acid to form toxic chlorine gas?

If you mean chlorine bleach, then yeas. Particularly this happens in hypochlorite bleaches.


What does Cl mean on the periodic table?

Chlorine


What is the scientific name of chlorine?

Chlorine comes from the Greek word 'χλωρóς' khlôros, meaning 'pale green'Chlorine is the common name used. the symbol is Cland the atomic number is 17.


What type of compound is sodium chlorine?

No such compound as Sodium Chlorine. If you mean sodium chloride, then it is an IONIC Crystalline compound.


Can I add acids to chlorine?

Well, if you mean chlorine gas (an element) adding an acid (which would usually require bubbling it through the acid) won't do much in most cases (but could depend on the specific acid).But, if you mean chlorine bleach (the compound sodium hypochlorite) adding an acid to it generates toxic chlorine gas.The simple answer is yes you can, but the smart and safe answer depends on which kind of "chlorine" you mean, where you are doing it, and if you want to generate toxic products or not. I definitely recommend against adding acids to household chlorine bleach!


What formulas bond with chlorine?

Do you mean formulas like NaCl?


What does Cl mean?

Cl is the chemical symbol for the element chlorine. You'll find a link to the Wikipedia article on chlorine by looking below.


What does blue mean on the alkalinity pool test?

That usually means high chlorine. Try doubling the amount of chlorine neutralizer on a second test.


Is cholrine metal or non metal?

if you mean chlorine, then it is a non-metal