Ercros Chlorine
Ercros Chlorine is a greenish-yellow gas with a suffocating odor.
Product families
- Alkalis & Bases
Other characteristics
- Synonyms
- Bertholite, Chlore, Chlorum
- Markets
- Industrial
- Technology
- Base Chemicals & Intermediates
- Did You Know?
Thanks to chlorine, our life expectancy has increased by 50 years in the span of a century.; It is the chemical element most present in the daily activity of human beings. Modern life with all its advantages would not be possible without the contribution of chlorine and without its presence in the manufacture of daily consumer products.; 98% of the water in Europe is made drinkable with chlorine and according to the World Health Organization (WHO), "disinfection with chlorine is the best guarantee of microbiologically potable water".; Chlorine is part of 80% of medicines.
- Purpose
Manufacture of plastics (mainly PVC and polyurethanes).; Building materials in general.; Pharmaceutical products.; Water treatment.
- ChemicalFormula
- Cl
- How It's Made
- Sabinanigo Vila-seca I (Tarragona Complex)
- Applicable Processes
- Chemicals Production
- PVC Resins Manufacturing
- Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
- Plastics Manufacturing
- Polyurethane Manufacturing
- Water Purification
- Base Chemicals Functions
- Intermediate
- Marketing and Distribution
- Liquefied in carbon steel tanks of 25 and 50 t.
- Bottles or jars of 50, 100, 500 and 1,000 kg.
- Description And Properties
Greenish-yellow gas with a suffocating odor.; In the gaseous state it is 2.5 times heavier than air and in the liquid state it has a density 1.5 times that of water.; It is produced by electrolysis of aqueous alkali chloride solutions.
