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CHEMISTRY LEVEL 3


1. GAS LAWS
2. THE MOLE: Formulae and Chemical Equations
3. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1
4. NITROGEN AND ITS COMPOUNDS
5. SULPHUR AND ITS COMPOUNDS
6. CHLORINE AND ITS COMPOUNDS
7. A guide to chemical tests based on this module
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Chlorine and its Compounds: Uses of chlorine and its compounds

6.0 Chlorine and its Compounds


6.8 Uses of chlorine and its compounds


  1. Manufacture of bleaching powder, used water treatment for domestic use (chlorination).
  2. Manufacture of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) for plastic table clothes and pipes.
  3. Manufacture of hydrochloric acid
  4. Manufacture of bleaching agents for the paper industry.
  5. Manufacture of carbon tetrachloride, CCl4, an organic solvent
  6. In the manufacture of freons used as refrigerants.