Natural Chlorine Compounds
Natural Chlorine Compounds : Chlorine is one of the elements most frequently found in nature; it is even more abundant than carbon. Chlorides, i.e. salts containing chlorine, are one of the few raw materials which will not be exhausted within the foreseeable future, even if chlorine consumption were to increase. Naturally-occurring chlorine compounds are present in our blood, skin and teeth, and chlorine in the form of hydrochloric acid has an important part to play in the digestive process. There are also organic compounds present in nature which contain chlorine; marine algae, for example, produce about 5 million tons of methyl chloride annually (ie: circa 15 times more than yearly industrial production). In total, more than 2000 natural organic chlorine compounds have already been identified.
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