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Chlorine Testing

Established in 1956, Midwest Microlab, LLC, is equipped to provide rapid accurate organic microchemical analysis to research and industry. Specialties include analysis for Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, direct Oxygen, and halogens including Fluorine.

What is Chlorine?

Chlorine (from the Greek χλωρóς chloros, meaning "pale green"), is the chemical element with atomic number 17 and symbol Cl. It is a halogen, found in the periodic table in group 17. As the chloride ion, which is part of common salt and other compounds, it is abundant in nature and necessary to most forms of life, including humans. In its elemental form under standard conditions, it is a pale green gas about 2.5 times as dense as air. It has a disagreeable suffocating odor and is poisonous. Chlorine is a powerful oxidant and is used in bleaching and disinfectants.

 

Chlorine gas is diatomic with the formula Cl2. It combines readily with nearly all other elements, although it is not as extremely reactive as fluorine. At 10 °C one litre of water dissolves 3.10 litres of gaseous chlorine and at 30 °C only 1.77 litres.

 

This element is a member of the salt-forming halogen series and is extracted from chlorides through oxidation often by electrolysis. As the chloride ion, Cl–, it is also the most abundant dissolved species in ocean water.

 

Relevant sites for Chlorine:

 

 

Chlorine

Organic chemistry demands much from chlorine, both as an oxidizing agent and in ... desired properties in an organic compound when substituted for hydrogen, ...

 

Chlorinated Hydrocarbons

When we think of chlorine, we often relate it to the salt used in food ... Cl connected to C atoms in organic compounds exhibits intense low-energy features ...

 

C3.org - Nature's Lessons: Chlorinated Organic Compounds

Chlorine and chlorinated organic compounds are ubiquitous in nature, filling numerous vital roles, and functioning in ways that researchers are still ...

 

Chlorine compounds glossary: chemistry of dioxins, chlorinated ...

In total, more than 2000 natural organic chlorine compounds have already been identified ... Organic chlorine compounds constitute a group of more than 2000 ...

 

Standard Test Method for Chlorine in Organic Compounds by Sodium ...

1.1 This test method covers the determination of chlorine in.

 

Chlorine (Cl2) (cl2) - Properties, Purity and Packaging, including ...

Chlorine can displace the heavier halogens, bromine and iodine, from their ionic compounds and undergoes addition or sub- stitution reactions with organic ...

 

USGS CIRC 1157 subpage: MAJOR ISSUES AND FINDINGS--Other Organic ...

These organic compounds (chemical compounds containing the element carbon) include organochlorine compounds (compounds with both carbon and chlorine); ...

 

 

Elemental AnalysisOur Laboratory

Chlorine Determination via Schoeniger Combustion:

The solid sample is weighed into ashless paper and inserted into custom made Platinum stopper.  The stopper is fitted it a flask that is charged
with the appropriate reactants  and oxygen.  On combustion the chlorine present is trapped as HCl.   The HCl gasses are absorbed on the liquids and the resulting liquid is then removed and titrated with a standardized solution of Ag-perchlorate in  I-proh.  Bromine and Iodine react in the same manner; therefore these do present interferences. Hg is also an interference.

The most common standard for this determination is Para-Cl Benzoic Acid available through the NIST.  There are others that may be used on occasion.

The preceding is a brief description of our techniques used in chlorine determination. With air-sensitive and/ or liquid samples combustion is done in an oven at 1000 Deg under wet oxygen.

Chlorine and Bromine can be done together providing a complete molecular formula is provided by the submitter.

 

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Established in 1956, Midwest Microlab, LLC, is equipped to provide rapid accurate organic microchemical analysis to research and industry. Specialties include analysis for Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, direct Oxygen, and halogens including Fluorine.