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chlorine

[klawr-een, -in, klohr-] / ˈklɔr in, -ɪn, ˈkloʊr- /
NOUN
element
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Under some heating conditions, chlorine from sucralose may become incorporated into other compounds whose health effects remain uncertain.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

As I push through the doors, the smell of chlorine hits me.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

They’re the stench of smoke and soot and chlorine, and of burning, rotting, rat-besieged food.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Interior Department spokeswoman Katie Martin said the hydrogen peroxide the National Park Service is using “is a milder treatment than chlorine and is used in spas and specialty pools like natural swimming pools.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

When we’d come back to her house smelling like chlorine, I’d asked Cecile if I could use her hot comb to press our hair, seeing how knotty it got.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia

To produce dicarbon, they started with molecules consisting of two carbon atoms and four chlorine atoms and used a laser to strip off the chlorines, leaving only dicarbon.

From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2022

The trans isomer, formed when the chlorines are positioned at a 180° angle, has very different properties from the cis isomers.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019



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