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Production of chlorine
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Aim: My aim is to compare the production of chlorine in the laboratory and in the industry. Introduction: Chlorine, Cl, is a poisonous greenish-yellow gaseous non-metallic element, found in Group VIIb (i.e. the Halogen Group of elements) of the periodic table. It has two Isotopes * Atomic Number : 17 * Atomic Mass : 35.453 * Melting Point : -101 degC * Boiling Point : -35 degC * Density : 0.003 Chlorine is easily liquefied under pressure. History of chlorine: Chlorine was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Scheele, a Swedish chemist, in 1774. Scheele thought that chlorine was an oxide of murium, or hydrochloric acid. Scheele heated manganese dioxide and hydrochloric acid and discovered this greenish, yellow gas. He did not, however, establish chlorine as an element. In 1810, chlorine was named and classified as an element by Humphrey Davy. It was named after the Greek word chloros, which means pale green....
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