On this page I'll provide comprehensive data for Chlorine. I hope you profit from it.
Chlorine Overview
Name Origin
Greek: chlôros (greenish yellow).
Symbol
Cl (Chlorine)Description
Greenish-yellow, disagreeable gas. Never found in free form in nature.
Discovery
Discovered By: Carl Wilhelm Scheele
Year: 1774
Location: Sweden
Sources
Salt (sodium chloride, NaCl) is its most common compound. Commercial quantities are produced by electrolysis of aqueous sodium chloride (seawater or brine from salt mines).
Uses
Used in water purification, bleaches, acids and many, many other compounds such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFC).
State at 20 °C
gas
Group
Group Name: HalogenÂ
Group in periodic table: 7a
Period in periodic table:Â 3
Atomic Number
17Learn more about the atomic number.
Atomic Mass
35,4527
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Stable Isotopes
Cl35 percent abundance: 75.78% Cl37 percent abundance: 24.22%
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Radioactive Isotopes
l36, Cl38-43
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Atomic Structure
Crystalline Structure
Orthorhombic
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Shells
Electrons per energy level: 2,8,7
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Electron Configuration
1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p5
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Abbreviated Configuration
[Ne] 3s2 3p5
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Valence Electrons
1,3,5,7
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Atom Size
Atomic Radius
0.97 Ã…
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Covalent Radius
0.99 Ã…
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Ionic Radius
1.81 (-1) Ã…
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Molar Volume
16.9 cm³/mol
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Chemical Properties
Common Oxidation States
First Ionization Energy
First Ionization Potential
Second Ionization Potential
Third Ionization Potential
Physical Properties
Density
Electrical Conductivity
Thermal Conductivity
Elastic Modulus
Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
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Heat Properties
Other heat related physical properties:
Melting Point
Boiling Point
Specific Heat
0.48 J/gK
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Heat of Fusion
3.203 kJ/mol
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Heat of Vaporization
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