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Definition of Chlorination

1. Noun. The addition or substitution of chlorine in organic compounds.

2. Noun. Disinfection of water by the addition of small amounts of chlorine or a chlorine compound.

Definition of Chlorination

1. n. The act or process of subjecting anything to the action of chlorine; especially, a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas.

Definition of Chlorination

1. Noun. (chemistry) The act or process of chlorinating something; especially, the addition of chlorine to water to purify it, and a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chlorination

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Chlorination

1. A highly effective procedure for treating drinking water by using chlorine gas or other chlorine containing compounds as disinfectants. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chlorination

chloriduria chlorimetric chlorimetrical chlorimetry chlorimide chlorimides chlorimuron chlorin chlorinate chlorinated

chlorinated hydrocarbon chlorinated lime chlorinated paraffin chlorinates chlorinating chlorination (current term) chlorinations chlorinator chlorinators chlorine

chlorine-35 chlorine-36 chlorine-37 chlorine acne chlorine compounds chlorine dioxide chlorine fluoride chlorine fluorides chlorine group

Literary usage of Chlorination

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1906)
"The chlorination of Methyl derivatives of Pyridine. Part I: 2-Me'hyl Pyridine. By WJ SELL, MA, FRS, Christ's College. [Read. 14 November 1904. ..."

2. The Mineral Industry (1899)
"Gold chlorination at the Plymouth Rock Mine, Gal— According to TK Code the ore isa mixed sulphide of zinc, copper and lead, assaying l-5oz. gold per ton, ..."

3. Index of Mining Engineering Literature: Comprising an Index of Mining by Walter Richard Crane (1909)
"THE THIES PROCESS OF BARREL chlorination. By T. Egleston. ... I. THE PORTLAND MILL: A Description of the chlorination Plant of the Portland Gold ..."

4. Index of Mining Engineering Literature: Comprising an Index of Mining by Walter Richard Crane (1909)
"THE THIES PROCESS OF BARREL chlorination. By T. Egleston. Seh. ... I. THE PORTLAND MILL: A Description of the chlorination Plant of the Portland Gold Mining ..."

5. The Metallurgy of Gold by Thomas Kirke Rose (1898)
"MODERN PRACTICE IN chlorination. The original vat process as described above ... The barrel process of chlorination, which was first used on the large scale ..."

6. A Manual of Practical Assaying by Howard Van Fleet Furman (1908)
"chlorination-ASSAY OF GOLD ORES. A chlorination-ASSAY of a gold ore is made to determine the probable percentage of gold which may be extracted by the ..."

7. The Chemistry of the Non-benzenoid Hydrocarbons and Their Simple Derivatives by Benjamin Talbott Brooks (1922)
"... of the two possible primary chlorides, small proportions of secondary chloride and no tertiary chloride. Dry chlorination yields all four possible ..."

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