chlorine

• what are the three steps to chlorination?


  • initiation
  • propagation
  • termination
• whats the initiation step in chlorination?


  • free radicals are produced
  • the bond splits equally and each atom keeps one electron
  • the atom becomes a highly reactive free radical because of its unpaired electron
• whats the propagation step in chlorination?


  • free radicals are used up and created in a chain reaction
• whats the termination step in chlorination?


  • two free radicals join together to make a stable molecule
  • the two unpaired electrons form a covalent bond
• what's the use of chlorine?

  in small amounts chlorine is dissolved into drinking water to kill microbes
• how is bleach made?

  reacting chlorine and sodium hydroxide