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why is chlorine used in the textile industry​

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Answered by anuradha1039
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Chlorine has a pungent odor. Chlorine is a powerful oxidizing agent and it must be handled carefully. Chlorine is a yellow-green gas at room temperature.

Chlorine is a major building block for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry. Chlorine is also known as disinfectant in drinking water and in swimming pools, chlorine contributes to advances in areas as diverse as disinfecting, medicine, public safety and enhancing our everyday life.

Chlorine is not flammable, but may react explosively or form explosive compounds with many common substances (including acetylene, ether, turpentine, ammonia, natural gas, hydrogen, and finely divided metals).

Chlorine is slightly water soluble, and reacts with moisture to form hypochlorous acid (HClO) and hydrochloric acid (HCl).

Chlorine is commonly pressurized and cooled for storage and shipment as an amber-colored liquid.

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Answered by harshadsharma199
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Chlorine and its compounds are used extensively for bleaching in the paper and textile industries, for disinfecting municipal water supplies, for household bleaches and germicides, and for the production of many organic and inorganic chemicals, in the separation of such metals as copper, lead, zinc, nickel, and gold ...

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