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Where is chlorine most commonly found other than pools?

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It is used to disinfect drinking water in municipal water systems.

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Where is chlorine most commonly found?

Pools ;)


Where is chlorine most commonly found in?

Chlorine is most commonly found in salt, "sodium chloride." Potassium chloride (KCl, aka sylvite) is another common chlorine containing mineral. Chlorine may be extracted from these salts and used to treat municipal water supplies to prevent cholera and other water born illnesses. Chlorine may also be placed in man made swimming pools to inhibit bacterial growth.


How is chlorine used?

it hasn't been found chlorine is used in pools to disinfect them.


What is the common use of chlorine?

It is most commonly used in keeping pools clean.


Where is clorine most commonly found?

it is mostly found in pools


What element is used instead of chlorine in swimming pools?

Bromine is the other main sanitizer traditionally used in swimming pools.


Is chlorine from the periodic table found in a pool?

In small quantities. "Chlorine" for pools is actually a chlorine-containing compound, not pure elemental chlorine. Sodium hypochlorite (household bleach) is one such compound.


What is clohrine?

Chlorine, please note spelling error in question, is a chemical found in swimming pools used to stop harmful germs attacking other swimmers.


What is chlorine used in?

chlorine is used in pools to disinfect them.


What is chlorine used for in schools?

Chlorine is involved in a lot of cleaning processes because it is poisonous to most living organisms. Chlorine bleach can be used for a thorough cleanup, and is most commonly found in public pools to kill all the bacteria that has the potential of growing. There is also a certain amount in drinking water for the same cleansing reasons.


Is chlorine used in pools?

Yes. Chlorine is used to prevent the growth of algae. Some pools use salt.


Pool shock ingredients?

the ACTIVE ingredient in pool shock is either chlorine for chlorine based shocks (most commonly calcium hypochorite, sodium hypochlorite...which is the same as chlorine bleach, lithium hypochlorite and sometimes dichlor or trichlor...which are NOT good to use as shocks since they increase CYA and can lead to overstabilized pools!) or MPS (potassium monopersulfate) for non chlorine shock (which is more usedful for indoor chloirne pools and for chlorine spas than for outdoor pools for chemistry reasons that are complicated to explain.