chlorine
Example Sentences
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When seawater is used, however, the same electrical jolt that generates O2 at the anode also converts the chloride ions in saltwater into highly corrosive chlorine gas, which eats away at the electrodes and catalysts.
From Science Magazine
From inflatable inner tubes to chlorine for the pools, prices have risen for “everything we buy,” and now a new Illinois law represents “another bump on the road” for business owners, he says.
From Seattle Times
Solomon says that hydrochloric acid latches onto the surface of the smoke particles and reacts with other molecules to produce molecular chlorine, which is broken down in sunlight to highly reactive ‘ozone-eating’ chlorine ions.
From Scientific American
Some researchers have turned to ice core records to look for beryllium 10 and chlorine 36—two isotopes that, like radiocarbon, are produced in the atmosphere by high-energy phenomena.
From Scientific American
Some described smelling tangerines, chlorine or cleaning agents.
From Washington Times
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