Chlorine is commonly used as an antiseptic and is used to make drinking water safe and to treat swimming pools. Large amounts of chlorine are used in many industrial processes, such as in the production of paper products, plastics, dyes, textiles, medicines, antiseptics, insecticides, solvents and paints. Two of the most familiar chlorine compounds are sodium chloride NaCl and hydrogen chloride HCl.
Sodium chloride, commonly known as table salt, is used to season food and in some industrial processes. Hydrogen chloride, when mixed with water H 2 O , forms hydrochloric acid, a strong and commercially important acid. Chlorine is a very dangerous material.
Liquid chlorine burns the skin and gaseous chlorine irritates the mucus membranes. Concentrations of the gas as low as 3. A capacity bearing a reasonable relation to consumption, a decent return on its capital, and the continuance of research are essential to this key industry. In January , when Eben C. Speiden was contacting chlorine producers in the U. The original activities of the Chlorine Institute, therefore, were structured as the charter dictated, " The first three committees remained active through , and CI's Transportation Committee remains active to this day as the Transportation Issue Team.
Development of a practical method of bleaching 'kraft' pulp, which makes possible the production of heavy-duty paper in white and pastel shades. Soon it became apparent that many such activities truly were the responsibility of the individual companies. Therefore, the Chlorine Institute's efforts then focused on what today remains CI's core mission: the safe production, distribution and use of chlorine as well as the security of chlorine handling operations.
Within the first year of organization, the by-laws were amended to admit, as Associate Members, companies not making or selling chlorine, but with an interest in the industry.
About Us. Their electron configurations are similar, with seven electrons in their outer shell. They are highly reactive elements; when bonded with hydrogen, they produce acids.
None are found in nature in their elemental form, according to Purdue University. They are typically found as salts in minerals. In fact, probably the most known form of a chlorine compound is sodium chloride, otherwise known as table salt. Other compounds include potassium chloride, which is used to prevent or treat low potassium levels in the blood, and magnesium chloride, which is used to prevent or treat magnesium deficiency.
Most chlorine is made via electrolysis of sodium chloride solutions — using an electric current to create a chemical reaction, according to the University of York. The process separates the elements. Chlorine has caused quite a stir among researchers over the years because of certain harmful effects it may have on human health.
Those effects, however, remain debatable. Chlorine is one of the atoms in a toxin that some South American frogs have in their skin. It can paralyze or even kill large animals, according to the American Chemistry Council. Natives of the Colombian tropical rainforest used to rub the tips of their arrows on the skin of these " poison-dart frogs.
However, by rearranging the compound on the atomic level, chemists hope they can eventually find a version that is a potent pain reliever. Previous research has linked drinking chlorinated water to an increased cancer risk.
For example, in a study published in in the American Journal of Public Health, researchers found that people who drank chlorinated water had a 21 percent higher risk of getting bladder cancer, and a 38 percent higher risk of getting rectal cancer, than people who drank non-chlorinated water.
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