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chlorine

[klawr-een, -in, klohr-] / ˈklɔr in, -ɪn, ˈkloʊr- /
NOUN
element
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As I push through the doors, the smell of chlorine hits me.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

PVC is especially challenging to recycle because it contains chlorine and can include a wide range of additives depending on how it was manufactured.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026

The workers must then disinfect the pipe with chlorine and test the water’s quality for safety.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 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

The water tasted like chlorine and people who put their entire mouths over the spout, but slowly, the lump began to move.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

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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