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This element is a member of the salt-forming halogen series and is extracted from chlorides through oxidation and more commonly, by electrolysis. Chlorine is a greenish-yellow gas that combines readily with nearly all other elements. At 10 °C one liter of water dissolves 3.10 liters of chlorine and at 30 °C only 1.77 liters.
Chlorine is also used widely in the manufacture of many everyday items.
Organic chemistry uses this element extensively as an oxidizing agent and in substitution because chlorine often imparts many desired properties in an organic compound when it is substituted for hydrogen (synthetic rubber[?]).
Others uses are in the production of chlorates, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, and in the bromine extraction.
In nature it is only found combined with other elements chiefly sodium in the form of common salt (NaCl), but also in carnallite[?], and sylvite[?].
Exposure to this gas should therefore not exceed 0.5 ppm (8-hour time-weighted average - 40 hour week.).
Acute exposure to high (but non-lethal) concentrations of Chlorine can result in Pulmonary Edema, or fluid in the lungs, an extremely unpleasant condition. Chronic low-level exposeure weakens the lungs, increasing susceptibility to other lung disorders.
Chlorine gas can be formed when bleach is mixed with urine or with another cleaning product; therefore these combinations should be avoided.
See also: Chlorofluorocarbon
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