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a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water)

a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water)

A greenish-yellow, diatomic gas that is a member of the halogen family of elements. It has the atomic symbol Cl, atomic number 17, and atomic weight 70.906. It is a powerful irritant that can cause fatal pulmonary edema. Chlorine is used in manufacturing, as a reagent in synthetic chemistry, for water purification, and in the production of chlorinated lime, which is used in fabric bleaching.

A greenish yellow, heavy, poisonous gas.

Chlorum, a greenish, irritating, gaseous element, symbol CI, atomic weight 35.46; disinfectant and bleaching in the form of calcium chloride or of chlorine water, aqua chlori.

A deadly poisonous gas.

A greenish gas.

A greenish-yellow gas obtained from common salt; a powerful disinfectant and bleaching agent.

A greenish-yellow gas possessing great power as a bleacher.

So far as we know, this is an elementary substance. It is a greenish, yellow gas, of a strong suffocating smell, and disagreeable taste: incapable of maintaining combustion and respiration, and very soluble in water. One of its characteristics is, that of destroying, almost immediately, all vegetable and animal colours. It is employed in fumigations as a powerful disinfecting agent. A very dilute solution. Aqua seu Liquor Chlo'rini, Chlorin'ii Liquor (Ph. D.), Chlorin'ei aqua (Ph. E.), Chlorine water, (F.) Chlore liquide, has been administered internally, in certain cases of diarrhoea and chronic dysentery. Immersion of the hands and arms in it has often removed itch and other cutaneous affections. It has also been inhaled in a dilute state in the early stage of phthisis, but it is of doubtful efficacy, and is better adapted for chronic bronchitis.

n. [Greek] A heavy gas of greenish colour which forms a constituent of common salt, used in disinfecting and in bleaching.