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Chlorine is a gas so it is not mined. It is manufactured by the electrolysis of a brine (salt) solution.

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Is chlorine mined?

Chlorine itslf is not mined. The materials used to produce chlorine (NaCl) is mined. Chlorine is produced by electrolytic reaction of a chloride solution (e.g. NaCl) in a process involving a diaphragm cell or a mercury cell. The mercury cell process has been largely discontinued because of its associated loss of mercury to the environment.


Can you mine chlorine?

No, its a gas. You can't mine it.The usual source for Chlorine is common salt, as found in salt mines, salt pans and the sea. Salt is a molecule consisting of one atom of Sodium and one of Chlorine. By breaking the chemical bond between them, Chlorine is released.


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Is chlorine found in its elemental form in nature?

Chlorine is not found in the nature in his elemental form.


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Chloride is not mined directly; instead, it is usually extracted as a byproduct during the mining of other minerals, such as salt (sodium chloride). It can also be obtained from the extraction of brine from saltwater sources such as salt lakes and underground salt deposits.


Is chlorine synthetic not found in nature or found in nature?

Not found!


When was chlorine found?

in 1823


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