Why is chlorine is very reactive?

Answer 1

If a person inhales Chlorine gas, the chlorine reacts with water in the mucous membranes in the lungs. This produces lots of Hydrochloric acid in the lungs, if too much chlorine is inhaled... not good (:

Answer 2

Chlorine is very toxic. Breathing the fumes too long can cause death.

On the other hand, it is added to drinking water to kill bacteria.

It's not the toxin, it's the dose.

Answer 3

Very. When you inhale it, the gas goes into your lungs and reacts with any bit of water and moisture in there to form corrosive chlorine water, which is when chlorine dissolves in water. This would then just start corroding your lungs from the inside out, which is what causes that terrible agonizing pain you feel when you inhale it.

Answer 4

Chrlorine burns the lining of the lungs which causes them to exude liquid (plasma) to try to remove it. The liquid then prevents oxygen take up by the bronchili which results in the victim drowning.

Answer 5

Chlorine does not have a full set of valence electrons (it has 7). Chlorine will participate in chemical reactions that provide it with this eighth electron.