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What other uses does chlorine have?

Chlorine manufacturing, trichlorosilane production and silic...
Chlorine is a key chemical building block and is, therefore, used in the manufacture of many products. Although chlorine chemistry is used in many manufacturing processes, it is not always in the end product. A third of all chlorine produced in Europe is used to make products, which do not contain chlorine. Chlorine is in bleach (sodium hypochlorite) which is used to combat microbes and contageous diseases, particularly in hospitals.
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Why does my water smell like chlorine?

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Chlorine is used to disinfect your water. A slight taste of chlorine is a good thing - it means that likely no bacteria are alive in your water. You may notice a more intense chlorine taste and odor in your water when we flush the lines in the spring. This is because during flushing we use a stronger form of chlorine. Keeping an open container of water in the refrigerator for drinking helps dissipate a strong chlorine taste and odor.
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Does chlorine dioxide have any other approvals?

FAQ - Chlorine Dioxide (ClO2) Generators
Many of its uses are US EPA, FDA, and UK Government approved, and highly recommended by many researchers and research establishments throughout the world...more
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Does chlorine have any advantage over ozone?

RGF - Recycle Systems Q & A
Just one, it has a residual that ozone does not. Accordingly, ozone only oxidizes while it is being bubbled in water. Chlorine, being a chemical, stays in the water, which is good because it continues to disinfect while the water is in the pipes, but bad because you digest the chlorine.
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Does it matter what screws or rods my surgeon uses?

Chris Urban M.D.
It depends on the particular situation. In most cases there are a variety of spinal implants available that provide excellent biomechanical fixation. Multiple manufacturers produce quality screws, rods, and cage devices, which have similar strength qualities and are suitable. When choosing between implants which have equivalent fixation properties, a surgeon may select the one that can be inserted with the least amount of trauma to the soft tissues.
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Which other uses does have?

HIGH TECH CONCRETES
Basically it’s a material designed for the construction of pavements in order to make them permeable and allow the recharge of the aquifer mantels of the underground. Also it completes satisfactorily as strainer, since the rain water that saturates the systems of drainage of the cities instead of leaving to the pipes it will be channelling to the underground and with the advantage that it doesn't allow the pass of the garbage.
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Why does my pool have a strong chlorine smell? Do I have to much chlorine?

Mid-State Swimming Pool Co., LLC - FAQ
This is common myth in the pool industry. Believe it or not the problem is you do not have enough chlorine, free chlorine, in the water. This occurs when chlorine in the pool is "tied up" with a nitrogen or ammonia compounds to form chloramines, causing the strong odor. The cure for this is to superchlorinate the pool to "free" the chlorine and allow it to start working to sanitize the water.
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Question: How does the Chlorine Factory get the chlorine and pH adjusting chemicals into the pool?

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Answer: It uses the Earth gravity to dispense the chlorine and pH adjusting chemicals into your pool.
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Why not chlorine?

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Pool and spa water treatment with chlorine and other halogen disinfectants (bromine) require maintaining a residual concentration of at least 1 to 3 PPM (Part Per Million) in water. The effectiveness of the use of these chemicals is controlled by many variables: pH, dissolved solids, temperature and halogen concentrations. Under EPA urging, most municipalities now restrict the from dispensing and storage of chlorine.
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Chlorine manufacturing, trichlorosilane production and silic...
Chlorine is used in a vast range of processes to create thousands of indispensable products. Chlorine is everywhere. If you drink a glass of water, take medicine, clean your teeth or drive to work you are benefiting from chlorine compounds. Even your body's own digestive system depends upon a chlorine compound to break down foodstuffs.
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DWI - Information Leaflets - Chlorine, Taste, Smell
Chlorine has to be used carefully, but it is harmless when used in very small amounts as a disinfectant to treat drinking water. It is also commonly used in various brands of sterilisers for baby feeding bottles and equipment. It is also used in higher concentrations to disinfect water in swimming pools.
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RO Water Vending Machine Resources and FAQ
Chlorine is water additive used to control microbes. However high concentration of chlorine is fatal. It can cause eye/nose irritation and stomach discomfort. It also irritates respiratory systems especially in children and elderly.
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Chlorine is a member of the HALOGEN family of chemicals. This family is well documented as being the most suitable chemicals that are safe to use by human beings in combating bacteria. When added to pool water, chlorine evolves into hypochlorous acid - a compund which eliminates nitrogeneous matter (plant life such as algae, skin flakes, perspiration, urine, bugs, etc.) by a process of oxidation.
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Why does PID put chlorine in the water?

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Chlorine has been used to disinfect many water supplies throughout the United States since the early 1900's. Chlorine not only destroys many disease causing organisms prior to filtration but it also provides protection against contamination throughout the distribution system by maintaining an active residual.
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Why does my water sometimes have a chlorine taste and odor?

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Tidewater treats its supplies to ensure that water delivered is safe to drink and that it meets drinking water standards. This may mean that you may encounter chlorine-type tastes or odors from time to time. If you find this unacceptable, collect tap water in a container, shake it and let in stand for a while before covering the container and placing it in the refrigerator for drinking. The chlorine odor will dissipate.
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Why does the industry continue to use chlorine?

Pulp & Paper
For many paper products, bleached pulp is required to meet customer demands for cleanliness and brightness. However, the use of elemental chlorine has declined considerably, in favour of chemicals like chlorine dioxide, ozone and hydrogen peroxide, which have been found to offer environmental advantages. In 1987, trace amounts of dioxins and furans were discovered in the waste water of bleached kraft pulp mills-which used elemental chlorine as part of the pulping process.
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How does KDF work in removing chlorine?

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chlorinated water flows through the unit the dissimilar metals in KDF, copper and zinc, create a galvanic or electrolytic reaction which causes the two chlorine ions to combine with a zinc ion to form a harmless zinc chloride. KDF does not hold the chlorine, it changes chlorine from an element into a harmless compound. [top]
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How does Oxone® work with chlorine sanitizers?

DuPont Oxone®
By eliminating nonmicrobial contaminants and reducing the demand on the sanitizer, products containing Oxone® allow the chlorine to sanitize pool water more efficiently.
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How does chlorine dioxide affect the environment?

FAQ - Chlorine Dioxide (ClO2) Generators
Chlorine dioxide is a highly effective, eco-friendly microbiocide that carries US EPA, FDA and UK Government approvals for many of its uses...more
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What does chlorine do to colour-treated hair?

Herbavita - Frequently Asked Questions
Chlorine reacts with hair colour in different ways. For example, blonde hair can take on a greenish tinge, brunette can come up to red and medium shades can turn brassy. Prolonged and frequent exposure to chlorine, salt water and sun can leave colour-treated hair extremely dry and straw-like. Put a small amount of Royal Cream through dry hair before entering the pool. This will seal the outer hair and protect hair from chemical damage.
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Why does my water sometimes smell like chlorine?

Huntington Beach - Official City Web site - Faqs
Chlorine is used at each of our ten water well sites for disinfection. About thirty percent of the City's water supply is imported from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which uses a different disinfection method known as "chloramination", a combination of chlorine and ammonia. When water using these two disinfection methods is blended together, it may give off a slight chlorine odor, which is not harmful.
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What does it look like to observers when a Calabite uses his resonance on an object?

In Nomine Frequently Asked Questions - Celestials
It depends on who the demon is working for. The resonance of Belial's demons burns its targets, or appears to - neither flame nor heat is actually created, that's just the closest that the Symphony can come to representing the effect. Saminga's Calabim cause materials to rust, rot, shrink away into nothingness. Seperate attacks, subsequent rounds. The idea is, you can either take the dissonance or waste your time blowing up your surroundings while other people get to take shots at you.
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Blowfish uses the longest key. Does this mean it is the strongest cipher?

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It might, and again, it might not. The cipher strength mainly depends on the general cipher design, not on the key length. The key length must be long enough to make brute keysearch impossible, that's all. As far as the key length is sufficient - say, 128 bits - increasing the length does not add to the cipher strength.
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What uses does my contract exclude?

Frequently Asked Questions - New York's Capital Region
For these uses Randall Perry Photography will assess a one-time usage fee based on the specific use of each image, taking into consideration the size of the completed image and the circulation and/or likely audience of the intended media. If your express goal in commissioning the photography is outlined in these exclusions, you can eliminate additional usage fees over the life of the image by purchasing unlimited rights at the date of the shoot for an additional $1,500.
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My pool has a heavy chlorine smell. Does this mean I have too much chlorine in the pool?

Frequently asked question pool spa
No, it means you have too many "chloramines" in the pool. This is chlorine that has already bound up with contaminants in the water and is no longer an effective sanitizer. Shock the pool to remove the chloramines and your odor will go away.
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Why not use chlorine instead?

Water Filters, Purifiers, and Purification FAQ
Chlorine changes the tastes and odor of water. Chlorination can also produce harmful by-products called Trihalomethanes (THMs) which are linked to incidence of cancer. No, the UV unit will use about the same amount of energy as a 60 watt light bulb. It is a cost effective, natural way to increase water quality where microbiological contamination is present and to provide peace of mind where microbiological contamination is a greater risk.
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