Chemical Symbol Cl☢️ (+ Cool facts: Color, Uses and more...) rev. 2022

Every chemical element has its own symbol to represent them. But what is the Cl element?

The answer is Chlorine, whose symbol is Cl, and there's a lot of cool facts about it that most people don't know. Let me walk you through...

Chlorine Overview

Chemical Symbol

Cl (Chlorine)

Uses

Used in water purification, bleaches, acids and many, many other compounds such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFC).

State at 20 °C

gas

Description

Greenish-yellow, disagreeable gas. Never found in free form in nature.

Name Origin

Greek: chlôros (greenish yellow).

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).

Atomic Number

17

Learn more about the atomic number.

Atomic Mass

35,4527

Discovery

Discovered By: Carl Wilhelm Scheele

Year: 1774

Location: Sweden

Learn more about the atomic mass.

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