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the element that disinfects your pool and once cleared trenches of life entirely
means A pale yellow-green, highly reactive gas (element number 17) used as a disinfectant and bleaching agent, and infamous as a poison.
from From the Greek 'chloros,' meaning pale green or yellow-green — the same word that colors 'chlorophyll' (the green of leaves). It was named in the early 19th century for the eerie color of the gas itself, the chemist who studied it choosing to christen it by its hue.
- war debut
- First chemical weapon used at Ypres, 1915
- pool smell
- That smell is chlorine reacting with sweat and urine
- yellow-green
- Name comes from Greek for pale green
- in your salt
- Half of table salt is chlorine
- germ killer
- Drinking water chlorination ended cholera epidemics
pool disinfection systems — chlorine gas used in ~90% of public swimming pools worldwide to kill bacteria and viruses
bleach production — sodium hypochlorite (liquid bleach) manufactured by passing chlorine gas through sodium hydroxide
pvc plastic manufacturing — polyvinyl chloride accounts for ~40% of industrial chlorine demand globally
water treatment plants — chlorination used in municipal water systems like new york city to eliminate pathogens before distribution