CHLORINE

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CHLORINE
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BY GAVIN RUNZEL
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Basic Information

• RDA 1.5g - 4.5g per day
• Main Food sources Salt, Kelp, olives, tomatoes,
  celery, tap water.
• discovered in 1774 by Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
• Chlorine was given its name in 1810 by Humphry
  Davy, who insisted that it was in fact an
  element.
• Chlorine gas was first used in WWI on April 22,
  1915. It was the first time that a chemical
  weapon had been used against human beings.

• Atomic Number 17
• The pure chemical element, has the physical form
  of a diatomic yellow-green gas, Cl2.
• Chlorine is an important chemical for some
  processes of water purification, in
  disinfectants, bleach and in mustard gas.

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Why do we need Chlorine?

• Chlorine in the diet works with potassium and
  sodium, the two electrolytes, to control the flow
  of fluid in blood vessels and tissues, as well as
  regulating acidity in the body. It also forms
  part of hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
• A deficiency of chlorine in the body may cause
  excessive loss of potassium in the urine,
  weakness and lowered blood pressure.

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Symptoms

• Too much in the body
• A high concentration of chloride in the body may
  result in fluid retention, but sodium is normally
  the culprit for the retention.

• Too little in the body
• When you suffer from
• Vomiting
• Diarrhea
• Excessive sweating.

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Dangers

• Chlorine as a gas is a respiratory irritant. The
  gas irritates the mucous membranes and the liquid
  burns the skin. As little as 3.5 ppm can be
  detected as an odor, and 1000 ppm is likely to be
  fatal after a few deep breaths. It was used as a
  war gas in 1915. It is not found in a free state
  in nature, but is found commonly as NaCl (solid
  or seawater).

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Chlorine Supplements

• Humans need so little Chlorine on a daily basis
  that there is no supplement for Chlorine.
• People can get daily supplements from things they
  eat or drink daily such as salt or water.
• Some people do take salt supplements which
  contain chlorine. These people include premature
  babies, victims of cystic fibrosis, runners, or
  others threatened by dehydration.
• Salt and chloride supplements can be found in a
  trace mineral complex.
• This costs 6.00 for a bottle of 60 caplets, you
  take one caplet per day, so the average cost for
  a daily supplement is about 10.

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Bibliography

• http//www.webelements.com/webelements/elements/te
  xt/Cl/key.html
• http//environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/periodic/Cl
  .htmlOverview
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorine
• http//www.eurochlor.org/