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Chlorine - The Chlorine Institute
Chlorine
Chlorine
Over 200 years ago, a young Swedish researcher, Carl Wilhelm Scheele, discovered chlorine. Because of its reactivity and bonding characteristics, chlorine has become an essential...
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Chlorine Chemical Properties - The Chlorine Institute
Flammability
Chlorine is neither explosive nor flammable. Chlorine will support combustion under certain conditions. Many materials that burn in oxygen (air) atmospheres will also burn in chlorine atm...
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Sodium Hypochlorite - The Chlorine Institute
Sodium Hypochlorite
Sodium Hypochlorite
Sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) is a solution made from reacting chlorine with a sodium hydroxide solution. These two reactants are the major co-products from m...
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Chlorine Health Hazards - The Chlorine Institute
Health Hazards
Chlorine gas is primarily a respiratory irritant. At low concentrations, chlorine gas has an odor similar to household bleach. As the concentrations increase from the level of detection...
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Pamphlet 89 - Download - The Chlorine Institute
Informational Pamphlets | Safe Production, Handling, & Packaging
Pamphlet 89) Chlorine Scrubbing Systems DOWNLOAD
Edition 5 - March 2021
This pamphlet intends to provide general guidance and source in...
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Mission - The Chlorine Institute
Mission of the Chlorine Institute
The Chlorine Institute exists to support the chlor-alkali industry in advancing safe, secure, environmentally compatible, and sustainable production, distribution, an...