Chlorine
Date Submitted: 10/27/2004 03:10:13
Category: / Science & Technology / Chemistry
Length: 2 pages (501 words)
Category: / Science & Technology / Chemistry
Length: 2 pages (501 words)
Chlorine
Chlorine is (at room temperature) a greenish-yellow gas that can be readily liquefied at 5170 Tarr or 6.8 atmospheres, at 20 C (68 F), and has a very disagreeable odor. It's Element Symbol is Cl, atomic number is 17, and atomic mass is 35.453. Chlorine's melting point is -101 C or 149.8 F. The boiling point is -34.05 C or -29.29 F, at one atmosphere pressure. Chlorine is a member of the halogen group. Chlorine was discovered by Swedish scientist Karl …
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…hydrogen chloride (a colorless, corrosive, nonflammable gas with a penetrating, suffocating odor.) .
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