Home About This Site Comments Help Links Window Version Show Table With: Name Atomic Number Atomic Mass Electron Configuration Number of Neutrons Melting Point Boiling Point Date of Discovery Crystal Structure Element Groups: Alkali Metals Alkaline Earth Metals Transition Metals Other Metals Metalloids Non-Metals Halogens Noble Gases Rare Earth Elements Basic Information | Atomic Structure | ...

The Element Chlorine - Basic Physical and Historical Information ...

Discovered : 1774 by C.W. Scheele Isolated in Uppsala, Sweden Origin : The name is derived from the Greek chloros, meaning pale green. Description : A yellowy-green dense gas with a choking smell. It is very poisonous and was used as a weapon during the First World War. The gas is made on a large scale from salt (sodium chloride) and is used in the manufacture of chlorite bleach and PVC plastic, ...

Chlorine is a clear amber-colored liquid about 1.5 times heavier than water. Gaseous chlorine is greenish-yellow, about 2.5 times as heavier than air. Uses include water purification, sanitation in of industrial waste, sewage and swimming pools, bleaching of pulp and textiles and manufacture of carbon tetrachloride, glycol and numerous other organic compounds and phosgene gas.