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chlorine

[klawr-een, -in, klohr-] / ˈklɔr in, -ɪn, ˈkloʊr- /
NOUN
element
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For centuries, Mr. Tullett writes, the process relied on steeping old rags in chlorine; as demand grew, production shifted toward wood chips broken down with sulfites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 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

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

I spent my time doing routine housekeeping chores, like adding chlorine to the drinking water, and watching the moon get smaller and the beautiful earth grow larger and more inviting as each hour went by.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins

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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