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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

"The idea was simple. PVC, as one of the most activated forms of polyethylene, ought to be easily converted into some other molecules by replacing the chlorine atoms with other groups," Liu said.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026

Whole heads of lettuce are typically washed in a chlorine solution and packed in the field.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

With the replacement pipe in place, workers transitioned to slowly refilling the pipe to restore pressure, disinfecting the water line with chlorine and checking for any leaks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

She soaked it in conditioner before meets to keep the chlorine from turning it green.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth

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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