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Chlorination   Listen
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Chlorination  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.






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"Chlorination" Quotes from Famous Books



... nitromethane in which we may suppose the nitro-group to replace the a iodine atom, i.e. C(NO2){a}H{b}H{c}H{d}. The same methyl iodide gave with potassium cyanide, acetonitril, which was hydrolysed to acetic acid; this must be C(COOH){a}H{b}H{c}H{d}. Chlorination of this substance gave a monochloracetic acid; we will assume the chlorine atom to replace the b hydrogen atom. This acid with silver nitrite gave nitroacetic acid, which readily gave the second nitromethane, CH{a}(NO2){b}H{c}Hd ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 - "Chtelet" to "Chicago" • Various

... Newbery-Vautin Chlorination Process—A new process of extracting gold from its ores, with details of the management of the process ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887 • Various

... occurs along with metallic sulphides it is often extracted by chlorination. The ore is first roasted, and is then moistened and treated with chlorine. This dissolves the gold ...
— An Elementary Study of Chemistry • William McPherson



Words linked to "Chlorination" :   chemical process, prechlorination, disinfection



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