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Chlorine    

  • Discovered in 1774 by Carl Wilhelm Scheele

  • Atomic Radii: 79 pm 

  • Melting Point: âˆ’101.5°C

  • Boiling Point: âˆ’34.04°C

 

Applications:

-kills bacteria and is a disinfectant so is used to treat drinking water and swimming pool water

-PVC production

-once used as lethal chlorine gas in WWI 

 

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