Chlorine gas is considered a chemical threat agent that can cause acute lung injury. Studies in the early 20th century on war gases led Haber to postulate that the dose of an inhaled chemical expressed as the product of gas concentration and exposure time leads to a constant toxicological effect (Haber's Law). In the present work, mice were exposed to a constant dose of chlorine (100 ppm-h) del...

[1] A series of experiments have demonstrated that a significant yield of chlorine gas is produced when mixtures of ozone and sodium chloride particles above their deliquescence point are irradiated at 254 nm. In order to obtain expressions for future modeling studies, a comprehensive model is used to analyze the system and to determine its sensitivity. This work reexamines and expands previous...

The calorific values and the chlorine contents of refuse-derived fuels were measured in the pilot combustion plant (PCP) by means of combustion experiments followed by mass and energy balancing. This plant reaches an increased precision by measuring the integrated values throughout the whole experimental period of three hours, based on a fuel capacity of 10 kg per test, allowing a more reliable...

BACKGROUND Epidemiologic clinical studies suggested that chronic exposure to chlorine products is associated with development of asthma and aggravation of asthmatic symptoms. However, its underlying mechanism was not clearly understood. Studies were undertaken to define the effects and mechanisms of chronic low-dose chlorine exposure in the pathogenesis of airway inflammation and airway hyperre...

A copper catalyst based on a delafossite precursor (CuAlO(2)) displays high activity and extraordinary lifetime in the gas-phase oxidation of HCl to Cl(2), representing a cost-effective alternative to RuO(2)-based catalysts for chlorine recycling.

The feasibility of on-site generated chlorine (OSG chlorine) as an alternative disinfectant to gas was evaluated in terms total organic carbon (TOC) removal, disinfection efficiency, biofilm control, by-products (DBPs) formation, decay rate, and volatility. Chlorine decreased the pH treated water by -0.1 per mg/L free available (FAC) while OSG increased + 0.06 mg/L. with more hypochlorite ion (...