First discovered back in the 1930s, chlorine trifluoride is a rather curious chemical that easily reacts, sometimes explosively, with just about every known substance on Earth. Just to get the ball ...

But critics have brought forth another image of chlorine and chlorinated compounds that are used in many products and industrial processes, including ubiquitous polyvinyl chloride plastics. For them, ...

Chlorine is a fundamental input to modern industry, yet most of today's supply still relies on energy-intensive electrolysis. In order to reduce ...

On the summer smell-o-meter, chlorine is up there with barbecue smoke, coconut suntan oil and night-blooming jasmine as a sure sign of the season. In liquid and tablet form, it is synonymous with ...

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 2, 2014 file photo, a truck carrying a container from the Danish vessel Ark Futura drives into the hold of the U.S.-owned MV Cape Ray, at Gioia Tauro port, southern ...

This week's issue of C&EN contains the second "Point-Counterpoint" feature to appear in the magazine in the past year (see page 40). This one focuses on chlorine chemistry and the role chlorine should ...

Few chemicals are as familiar as table salt. The white crystals are the most common food seasoning in the world and an essential part of the human diet. Sodium chloride is chemically very stable - but ...

In conjunction with National Drinking Water Week, the Chlorine Chemistry Council (CCC) introduced a new interactive tool, the Chlorine Tree (http://www.chlorinetree ...

Many people encounter chlorine in their daily lives, whether it’s as an ingredient in household bleach or an additive that sanitizes water in swimming pools. Chlorine is also used as an antiseptic, a ...