Chlorine

• Formula: Cl₂
• Molecular weight: 70.906
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/Cl2/c1-2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: KZBUYRJDOAKODT-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 7782-50-5
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Cl2; Bertholite; Chloor; Chlor; Chlore; Chlorine mol.; Cloro; Molecular chlorine; UN 1017; Diatomic chlorine
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  • References
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Phase change data

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Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (bar)
    T = temperature (K)

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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References

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Thiele and Schulte, 1920
Thiele, A.; Schulte, E., Binary equilibrium systems with solid carbon dioxide, Z. Phys. Chem., Stoechiom. Verwandtschaftsl., 1920, 96, 312-42. [all data]

Angus, Armstrong, et al., 1984
Angus, S.; Armstrong, B.; de Reuck, K.M., International Thermodynamic Tables of the Fluid State - Chlorine, Pergamon, Oxford, 1984. [all data]

Giauque and Powell, 1939
Giauque, W.F.; Powell, T.M., Chlorine. The Heat Capacity, Vapor Pressure, Heats of Fusion and Vaporiza- tion, and Entropy, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1939, 61, 1970. [all data]

Ambrose, Hall, et al., 1979
Ambrose, D.; Hall, D.J.; Lee, D.A.; Lewis, G.B., Vapor pressure of chlorine, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1979, 11, 1089. [all data]

Stull, 1947
Stull, Daniel R., Vapor Pressure of Pure Substances. Organic and Inorganic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1947, 39, 4, 517-540, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50448a022 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Pc	Critical pressure
  Ptriple	Triple point pressure
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ρc	Critical density

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