chlorine
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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
To establish a more accurate timeline, the international research team turned to advanced dating methods involving radioactive isotopes of beryllium and chlorine.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 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
The chlorine is micro- chemically swept for the newly produced argon.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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
Vocabulary lists containing chlorine
Chemical Reactions - Middle School
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