Chlorine Shortage Could Impact Millions of Pools This Summer--Here's What You Should Know

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14. Talk to the DUer two posts downw/a salt system. There is electricity all around your pool. ....

... My point went right past you: there's no high tech process involved with making chlorine, there's no reason for a shortage.


Chlorine Production
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A: Chlorine is produced from one of nature's most plentiful and inexhaustible minerals—common salt, sodium chloride. Yes, the same white solid you sprinkle on your baked potato! Chlorine is produced using the "chlor-alkali process." In this process, electricity is applied to a solution of salt water, or brine.

How is chlorine prepared in the laboratory? - eNotes.com
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The most way common method of preparing chlorine gas in the laboratory is by using manganese dioxide to oxidize hydrochloric acid, as shown by this equation: The manganese dioxide is heated with...

Make Hydrogen,Oxygen and Chlorine : 6 Steps - Instructables
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Chlorine/
Oxygen. Oxygen is a chemical element with symbol O and atomic number 8. It is a member of the halogen group on the periodic table and is a highly reactive nonmetallic element and oxidizing agent that readily forms compounds (notably oxides) with most elements.Photosynthesis releases oxygen, and respiration consumes oxygen.

Chlorine Story
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The most common method of making chlorine is by passing an electric current through a saltwater solution. The solution separates into chlorine and two other useful products: sodium hydroxide—also known as caustic soda or lye—and hydrogen. Every year, approximately 13.6 million metric tons of chlorine are produced in North America.

Chemistry for Kids: Elements - Chlorine
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Chlorine is the second element in the seventeenth column of the periodic table. It is classified as a member of the halogen group.It has 17 electrons and 17 protons with 7 valence electrons in the outer shell.