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Water chlorination is the process of adding chlorine or chlorine compounds such as sodium hypochlorite to water. This method is used to kill bacteria, viruses and other microbes in water. In particular, chlorination is used to prevent the spread of waterborne diseases such as cholera, dysentery, and typhoid. [1][2][3] History.
18 wrz 2024 · In public water supplies, chlorine is often added to eliminate bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens that could cause illness if ingested. This process, known as “chlorination,” has been a standard water treatment method worldwide for over a century.
In water, chlorine reacts to form hypochlorous acid and hypochlorites. All three species exist in equilibrium with each other, the relative amounts varying with the pH.
Chlorine is the most widely used water supply disinfectant in the United States. Depending upon the predominant species of chlorine, hypochlorous acid, and/or hypochlorite ion, disinfection with chlorine can achieve greater than 99.9% destruction of bacteria.
4 maj 1998 · Researchers postulated that chlorine, which exists in water as hypochlorite and hypochlorous acid, reacts with biomolecules in the bacterial cell to destroy the organism.
1 lis 2016 · Identification of the value of chlorine as an efficient oxidant and disinfectant resulted in its subsequent worldwide application for disinfecting water, and is considered one of most important discoveries of the early twentieth century, improving public health.
Chlorine. Chlorine is produced in large amounts and widely used both industrially and do-mestically as an important disinfectant and bleach. In particular, it is widely used in the disinfection of swimming pools and is the most commonly used disinfectant and oxidant in drinking-water treatment.
