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Chlorine is the chemical element with atomic number 17, atomic weight 35.453 and symbol Cl.
It is a natural element, a yellow green gas at a room temperature. It is heavier than air, but under the correct pressure and temperature it can be converted into liquid. Chlorine is found the earth and can also be found in the sea. It is essential to the life of animal and plants.
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Why is slaked lime added to water after chlorination?
Slaked lime is added to water after chlorination as a coagulant to destabilize the electrostatic charges of suspended particles in the water.
Which process is used in water treatment to kill bacteria?
Chlorination
When did they start putting chlorine in tap water?
Chlorination has been used in America's drinking water supply as a defence against waterborne infectious diseases for about 90 years. The filtration and chlorination of drinking water are probably the most significant public health advances in history. one of the earliest uses of chlorine for water disinfection was done by John Snow in 1850, in disinfecting the Broad Street Pump water supply in London after an outbreak of cholera.
Can you explain what halogenation is?
The process of halogenation is a chemical reaction between a compound, usually an organic compound and a halogen. An example of halogenation is fluorination or chlorination.
How do you treat hardness in groundwater?
Hardness in groundwater could simply be treated by Heating the water to a considerable temperature. Chlorination and Distillation could also be applied to groundwater hardness treatment.
What is the function of chlorination?
the function of chlorination is to help with the prevention of germs frm water
When was Edith Creek Chlorination House created?
Edith Creek Chlorination House was created in 1930.
Monochlorination of ethane to ethyl chloride is more practical than chlorination of npentane Give reasons?
Because chlorination of n-pentane gives various isomers of C5H11Cl but chlorination of ehtane gives only ethyl chloride.
What are desinfectants used in chlorination?
Chlorine
The by-product of the chlorination of an alkane is?
hydrochloric acid
What is break point of chlorination?
PENILE leanth
Why is slaked lime added to water after chlorination?
Slaked lime is added to water after chlorination as a coagulant to destabilize the electrostatic charges of suspended particles in the water.
What was done in the response to unsafe drinking water in the 1800s?
filtration was introduced in the 1870s and chlorination in 1908
Chlorination of water is effective against what?
Chlorination of water is effective against Escherichia coli which is a form of bacteria. This acts as a disinfectant for water that may possibly be contaminated.
What is the strengths and weaknesses of chlorination?
what is the strength and weaknesses of clorine
What is the process of removing contaminants from drinking water?
Chlorination
How do you determine if water is clear after a well chlorination?
First thing to understand is it will NOT be clear for a 2-3 days after chlorination. This is normal - then after about a week, you test it with a pool clarity and Ph kit.
