chlorinate
/ˈklɔːrɪneɪt
/ /ˈklɒrɪneɪt/verb [with object] (usually as adjective chlorinated)
1Impregnate or treat with chlorine: chlorinated water...
- The coolant water should be chlorinated to approximately 125 parts per million of chlorine to protect the asparagus from decay organisms.
- In general, it would be good for you to check the hardness of your water, whether or not your tap water is chlorinated, and maintain low ammonia/nitrite levels.
- Avoid swimming in fresh water unless it is chlorinated.
1.1 Chemistry Introduce chlorine into (a compound): rainwater samples contained chlorinated hydrocarbons...
- But existing controls on certain persistent toxins such as DDT and chlorinated hydrocarbons had begun to prove effective in European and American waters.
- In the presence of organic matter, chlorinated hydrocarbons, which are suspected carcinogens, may be formed.
- Some other chlorinated hydrocarbons were banned in 1975.
Derivatives
chlorination
/ noun ...- Interaction of Cl 2 with oxides of nitrogen may also occur, causing the chlorination and nitration of various amino acid residues, particularly tyrosine.
- Simple organohalogens may be produced synthetically from the radical chlorination / bromination of saturated alkanes.
- Hydrogen sulfide may be reduced or removed by shock chlorination, water heater modification, activated carbon filtration, oxidizing filtration or oxidizing chemical injection.
chlorinator
- Contracts were for purification chemicals, chlorinators, chemical dosing pumps, water tankers and other water industry related items.
- For instance, a town of 7,000 might have a sewage plant containing four pumps, sludge thickeners, and a chlorinator.
- They are called erosion and pellet chlorinators.