Chlorination of Water

The object of adding chlorine or chlorine compounds to water is for the purpose of destroying any pathogenic organisms that may be present. In a few instances some collateral ad...

The treatment of water with bleach alone has been largely supplanted by the liquid chlorine process but the following details will be of use on meeting conditions for which liqu...

The amount of chlorine required for efficient treatment is very largely determined by the amount required to satisfy the oxidisable matter present in the water. Many experimente...

Before considering the "modus operandi" of chlorine and hypochlorites, it will be advisable to take up the composition of the latter substances and particularly that of "bleach....

Chloramine (NH_{2}Cl), a chemical compound in which one of the hydrogen atoms of ammonia has been replaced by chlorine, was discovered by Raschig[1] in 1907. Chloramine was prep...

Chlorine, although one of the most widely distributed elements known to chemists, is never found in the free condition in nature; it exists in enormous quantities in combination...

The use of liquefied chlorine for the disinfection of water was first proposed by Lieutenant Nesfield[1] of the Indian Medical Service. He stated that: "It occurred to me that c...

A disinfectant is usually described as a substance capable of destroying bacteria and other micro-organisms, and an antiseptic as one that restrains or retards their growth or r...

The complaints that have been made against chlorinated water since the practice was commenced have been very diversified in character and can be numbered by the legion and altho...

Since 1889 when Webster first proposed the use of electrolysed sea-water as a disinfectant, various attempts have been made to introduce electrolytic hypochlorites for the bacte...

_Popularity of Process._ Since 1913, when the first commercial liquid chlorine machines were used, the popularity of this process has increased in a most remarkable manner. In 1...