chlorination

English

Etymology

chlorinate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌklɒ.ɹɪ.ˈneɪ.ʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

chlorination (countable and uncountable, plural chlorinations)

1. (chemistry) The act or process of chlorinating something; especially, the addition of chlorine to water to purify it, and a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas.

Derived terms

• carbochlorination
• dechlorination
• dichlorination
• electrochlorination
• hydrochlorination
• hyperchlorination
• monochlorination
• overchlorination
• oxychlorination
• perchlorination
• photochlorination
• prechlorination
• sulfochlorination, sulphochlorination

 

Translations

chlorination

• Catalan: cloració f
• Czech: chlorace f
• Galician: cloración (gl) f
• Hungarian: klórozás (hu)
• Italian: clorazione f
• Turkish: klorlama (tr)