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Chlorine gas that is also known as bertholite was first used as a weapon against human being in wwi. Chlorine gas is greenish yellow and is two and one half times as heavy as air that has intense disagreeable suffocating odor. This poisonous gas in its liquid, solid form can be successfully applied as a powerful oxidizing, bleaching and disinfecting agent. Chlorine is an important chemical for some process of water purification and in bleach. This is applied to kill bacteria from drinking water supplies and swimming pools. In addition to this, this industrial gas is suitable for paper production, antiseptic, dye and food. Even in the production of insecticides, paints, petroleum products, plastics, medicines and textiles, this chemical product is useful. Chlorine element is extensively used in organic chemistry as an oxidizing agent and in substitution reactions because chlorine often imparts many desired properties in an organic compound when it is substituted for hydrogen.
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