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chlorine

[klawr-een, -in, klohr-] / ˈklɔr in, -ɪn, ˈkloʊr- /
NOUN
element
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The released chlorine and bromine atoms then participate in chemical reactions involving particles in Antarctic stratospheric clouds, leading to the destruction of ozone.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

Nearby, a young girl and three boys played among stuffed toys recently disinfected with chlorine.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 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

“Potassium nitrate. KNO3. The same as potassium chlorate except it has a nitrogen atom instead of a chlorine one.”

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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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