U.P CHEMICALS

Chlorine is a halogen, found abundantly in nature and necessary to most forms of life, obtained from the electrolysis of brine. A greenish yellow gas, in its liquid and solid form it is a powerful oxidising, bleaching and disinfecting agent for water treatment. It is also used in the manufacture of many items like chemicals, paper products, antiseptics, dyestuffs, food, insecticides, paints, petroleum products, PVC and other plastics, medicines, textiles, solvents, etc.

Chlorine

Formula	Cl2
Synonym	Liquid chlorine
Specifications	UN No: 1017 CAS No: 7782-50-5 Purity: Min. 99.70% wt Moisture: Max. 0.01% wt
Properties	Relative molecular mass: 70.9 Boiling point: -34.05 °C Melting point: -100.9 °C Relative density at 0 °C: 2.4494 (Air = 1) Critical temperature: 144 °C Critical pressure: 7711 Kpa (76.1 atm, 1118 psi) Critical volume: 1.745 x 10-3 m3/kg
Applications	Sodium hypochlorite Calcium hypochlorite Poly vinyl chloride (PVC) Isocyanates Polycarbonate Chloromethanes Perchloroethane Phosgene Ferric chloride Epichlorohydrin Poly aluminium chloride Silicon dioxide (aerosol) Water treatment Chlorinated paraffin
Packaging	100 kg cylinder 900 / 1000 kg tonners
Sea transportation	IMDG Code: 2116 Class: 2 Label: Poisonous gas, corrosive