Chlorine

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024541
- info:lc/authorities/sh85024541
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85024541#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Muriaticum
- Oxymuriatic acid
Broader Terms
- Halogens
Narrower Terms
Sources
- found: Wikipedia, Aug. 20, 2012 (Chlorine is a chemical element with symbol Cl and atomic number 17. Chlorine is in the halogen group (17) and is the second lightest halogen after fluorine. The synthesis and characterization of elemental chlorine occurred in 1774 by Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele, who called it "dephlogisticated muriatic acid air," having thought he synthesized the oxide obtained from the hydrochloric acid. Because acids were thought at the time to necessarily contain oxygen, a number of chemists, including Claude Berthollet, suggested that Scheele's dephlogisticated muriatic acid air must be a combination of oxygen and the yet undiscovered element, and Scheele named the supposed new element within this oxide as muriaticum.)
- found: nicedefinition.com, Aug. 20, 2012 (muriaticum - noun, obsolete: chlorine)
- found: Wiktionary, Aug. 20, 2012 (muriaticum (obsolete) chlorine)
LC Classification
- QD181.C5
- QD412.C5
- TP245.C5
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2012-11-09: revised

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