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CLORO ELEMENTAL [1 record]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2005-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
  • Food Industries
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Universal entry(ies)
Cl
symbol
CONT

Chlorine [is] an element that is found in biological tissues as the chloride ion. The body contains about 100g of chloride and the average diet contains 6-7 g, mainly as sodium chloride. Free chlorine is used as a sterilising agent e.g. in drinking water.

OBS

Used also as a flour bleaching agent and as an aging and an oxidizing agent.

CONT

The catalytic agent is atomic chlorine, [symbol] Cl, which is released when stable chlorine compounds are disassociated by short wavelength UV, in the middle and upper stratosphere above 25 km.

OBS

elemental: consisting of an element only, as distinguished from a compound of an element, e.g. elemental iron is Fe (not Fe203 or other iron compound).

OBS

chlorine: Also frequently used to designate molecular chlorine, formula Cl2 (q.v.).

PHR

Sodium chlorine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Traitement des eaux
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Cl
symbol
DEF

Corps simple, gaz de la famille des halogènes. (Élément chimique de symbole Cl).

CONT

Le chlore, dont le nom vient du terme grec chloros, qui signifie vert-jaune, entre, à un titre ou à un autre, dans la moitié des fabrications de la chimie moderne [...]. Agent anti-microbien, présent dans les emballages, le chlore a de très nombreuses applications. Cependant, comme tout outil à la disposition des hommes, il présente des effets indésirables que l'on doit s'efforcer de limiter.

OBS

chlore : Si on fait exception du chlore atmosphérique, où il est à l'état atomique, le chlore se retrouve généralement à l'état moléculaire, soit C12, d'où l'emploi de ce terme pour désigner aussi, de manière elliptique, le chlore à l'état moléculaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Tratamiento del agua
  • Industria alimentaria
  • Compartimiento - Comisión Canadiense de Seguridad Nuclear
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Cl
symbol
DEF

Elemento gaseoso, n.° atómico 17, amarillo verdoso, muy pesado, poderoso, oxidante, sofocante y tóxico.

OBS

Se encuentra en dos formas: como gas amarillo-verdoso, pesado, incombustible, de olor picante e irritante, o como líquido claro, de color ámbar y olor irritante. Soluble en cloruros y alcoholes. Algo soluble en agua fría. Tóxico e irritante por inhalación. Riesgo de incendio moderado en contacto con materiales reductores.

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