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National Pollutant Inventory - Flouride and compounds fact sheet
Chlorine gas is diatomic with the formula Cl It combines readily with nearly all other elements, although it is not as extremely reactive as fluorine.
In nature, chlorine is found mainly as the chloride ion, a component of the salt that is deposited in the earth or dissolved in the oceans—about 1.9% of the mass of seawater is chloride ions.
Chlorine is used extensively in organic and inorganic chemistry as an oxidizing agent and in substitution reactions because chlorine often imparts many desired properties to an organic compound when it is substituted for hydrogen (as in synthetic rubber production) because of its high electron affinity.
As chlorine gas, it is greenish yellow, is two and one half times as heavy as air, has an intensely disagreeable suffocating odor, and is exceedingly poisonous.
Chlorine gas, also known as bertholite, was first used as a weapon against human beings in WWI on April 22nd, 1915, and afterwards was used by both sides.
Chlorine Cylinders are of a seamless, steel construction resembling helium or acetylene cylinders in appearance, with capacities of 100 and 150 lb.