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Chlorine, 17Cl
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Chlorine
PronunciationTemplate:Infobox element/pronunciation/format
Appearancepale yellow-green gas
Standard atomic weight Ar°(Cl)
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Chlorine in the periodic table
Hydrogen Helium
Lithium Beryllium Boron Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine Neon
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Caesium Barium Lanthanum Cerium Praseodymium Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium Hafnium Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium Platinum Gold Mercury (element) Thallium Lead Bismuth Polonium Astatine Radon
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F
↑
Cl
↓
Br
sulfur ← chlorine → argon
Atomic number (Z)17
Groupgroup 17 (halogens)
Periodperiod 3
Block  p-block
Electron configuration[Ne] 3s2 3p5
Electrons per shell2, 8, 7
Physical properties
Phase at STPgas
Melting point(Cl2) 171.6 K ​(−101.5 °C, ​−150.7 °F)
Boiling point(Cl2) 239.11 K ​(−34.04 °C, ​−29.27 °F)
Density (at STP)3.2 g/L
when liquid (at b.p.)1.5625 g/cm3[1]
Triple point172.22 K, ​1.392 kPa[2]
Critical point416.9 K, 7.991 MPa
Heat of fusion(Cl2) 6.406 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization(Cl2) 20.41 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity16.9745 J/(mol·K) (Cl)
33.949 J/(mol·K) (Cl2)
Specific heat capacity478.829 J/(kg·K) (Cl)
Vapor pressure
P (Pa) 1 10 100 1 k 10 k 100 k
at T (K) 128 139 153 170 197 239
Atomic properties
Oxidation statescommon: −1, +1, +3, +5, +7
0,[3] +2,[4] +4,[4] +6[4]
ElectronegativityPauling scale: 3.16
Ionization energies
  • 1st: 1251.2 kJ/mol
  • 2nd: 2298 kJ/mol
  • 3rd: 3822 kJ/mol
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Covalent radius102±4 pm
Van der Waals radius175 pm
Color lines in a spectral range
Spectral lines of chlorine
Other properties
Natural occurrenceprimordial
Crystal structure ​orthorhombic (oS8)
Lattice constants
Orthorhombic crystal structure for chlorine
a = 630.80 pm
b = 455.83 pm
c = 815.49 pm (at triple point)[5]
Thermal conductivity8.9×10−3 W/(m⋅K)
Electrical resistivity>10 Ω⋅m (at 20 °C)
Magnetic orderingdiamagnetic[6]
Molar magnetic susceptibility−40.5×10−6 cm3/mol[7]
Speed of sound206 m/s (gas, at 0 °C)
CAS NumberCl2: 7782-50-5
History
Namingafter the Ancient Greek χλωρός ("pale green") because of its colour
Discovery and first isolationCarl Wilhelm Scheele (1774)
Recognized as an element byHumphry Davy (1808)
Isotopes of chlorine
Main isotopes[8] Decay
Isotope abun­dance half-life (t1/2) mode pro­duct
35Cl 75.8% stable
36Cl trace 3.01×105 y β− 36Ar
ε 36S
37Cl 24.2% stable
 Category: Chlorine
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References

  1. ↑ Chlorine, Gas Encyclopaedia, Air Liquide
  2. ↑ Ambrose, D; Hall, D.J; Lee, D.A; Lewis, G.B; Mash, C.J (1979). "The vapour pressure of chlorine". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics. 11: 1089–1094. doi:10.1016/0021-9614(79)90139-3.
  3. ↑ Cl2 is complexed with cobalt(II) in cobalt-bearing sodium Zeolite A; see V. Subramanian; Karl Seff; Tor Ottersen (April 1, 1978). "A molecular chlorine complex of cobalt(II). The crystal structure of a dichlorine sorption complex of dehydrated cobalt(II)-exchanged sodium zeolite A, Co4Na4-A•4Cl2". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 100 (9): 2911–3. doi:10.1021/ja00477a067.
  4. ↑ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 28. doi:10.1016/C2009-0-30414-6. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
  5. ↑ Arblaster, John W. (2018). Selected Values of the Crystallographic Properties of Elements. Materials Park, Ohio: ASM International. ISBN 978-1-62708-155-9.
  6. ↑ Magnetic susceptibility of the elements and inorganic compounds, in Template:RubberBible86th
  7. ↑ Weast, Robert (1984). CRC, Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Boca Raton, Florida: Chemical Rubber Company Publishing. pp. E110. ISBN 0-8493-0464-4.
  8. ↑ Kondev, F. G.; Wang, M.; Huang, W. J.; Naimi, S.; Audi, G. (2021). "The NUBASE2020 evaluation of nuclear properties" (PDF). Chinese Physics C. 45 (3) 030001. doi:10.1088/1674-1137/abddae.