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Definition of Chlorine dioxide
1. Noun. An explosive gas (ClO2) used chiefly in bleaching paper or starch or soap or flour and in water purification.
Definition of Chlorine dioxide
1. Noun. a reddish-yellow explosive gas, ClO2, used as a water disinfectant and to bleach flour and wood pulp ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Chlorine Dioxide
Literary usage of Chlorine dioxide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Introduction to General Inorganic Chemistry by Alexander Smith (1907)
"chlorine dioxide: Chlorous Acid. — chlorine dioxide is a yellow gas which may be
liquefied, and boils at + 10°. The gas and liquid are violently explosive, ..."
2. The Principles of Chemistry by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev, Thomas Atkinson Lawson (1897)
"An interesting experiment on the combustion of pho«|ih<>rii under water may be
conducted with chlorine dioxide. Pieces of phosphorus and potassium chlorate ..."
3. Review of Epa Homeland Security Efforts: Safe Buildings Program Research by National Research Council (U.S.), Environmental Protection Agency, United States, Committee on Safe Buildings Program (2003)
"No rationale for this choice was expressed in the RIP, but it appears to be
because chlorine dioxide was used at the Hart Senate Office Building and because ..."
4. Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals by National Research Council (U. S.), National Academies Press (2007)
"(1995; 1996) evaluated 13 adults (12 females and 1 male) 5 years after an
occupational exposure to chlorine dioxide associated with a leak in a water ..."
5. Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry by Alexander Smith (1906)
"chlorine dioxide: Chlorous Acid. — chlorine dioxide is a yellow gas which ...
With water, chlorine dioxide gives a mixture of chlorous and chloric acids, ..."