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Chlorine, ₁₇Cl

Chlorine
Pronunciation	/ˈklɔːriːn, -aɪn/ ​(KLOR-een, -⁠eyen)
Appearance	pale yellow-green gas
Standard atomic weight Ar°(Cl)	[35.446, 35.457] 35.45±0.01 (abridged)
Chlorine in the periodic table
Hydrogen Helium Lithium Beryllium Boron Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine Neon Sodium Magnesium Aluminium Silicon Phosphorus Sulfur Chlorine Argon Potassium Calcium Scandium Titanium Vanadium Chromium Manganese Iron Cobalt Nickel Copper Zinc Gallium Germanium Arsenic Selenium Bromine Krypton Rubidium Strontium Yttrium Zirconium Niobium Molybdenum Technetium Ruthenium Rhodium Palladium Silver Cadmium Indium Tin Antimony Tellurium Iodine Xenon Caesium Barium Lanthanum Cerium Praseodymium Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium Hafnium Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium Platinum Gold Mercury (element) Thallium Lead Bismuth Polonium Astatine Radon Francium Radium Actinium Thorium Protactinium Uranium Neptunium Plutonium Americium Curium Berkelium Californium Einsteinium Fermium Mendelevium Nobelium Lawrencium Rutherfordium Dubnium Seaborgium Bohrium Hassium Meitnerium Darmstadtium Roentgenium Copernicium Nihonium Flerovium Moscovium Livermorium Tennessine Oganesson F ↑ Cl ↓ Br sulfur ← chlorine → argon
Atomic number (Z)	17
Group	group 17 (halogens)
Period	period 3
Block	p-block
Electron configuration	[Ne] 3s2 3p5
Electrons per shell	2, 8, 7
Physical properties
Phase at STP	gas
Melting point	(Cl2) 171.6 K ​(−101.5 °C, ​−150.7 °F)
Boiling point	(Cl2) 239.11 K ​(−34.04 °C, ​−29.27 °F)
Density (at STP)	3.2 g/L
when liquid (at b.p.)	1.5625 g/cm3
Critical point	416.9 K, 7.991 MPa
Heat of fusion	(Cl2) 6.406 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization	(Cl2) 20.41 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity	(Cl2) 33.949 J/(mol·K)
Vapor pressure P (Pa) 1 10 100 1 k 10 k 100 k at T (K) 128 139 153 170 197 239
Atomic properties
Oxidation states	−1, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5, +6, +7 (a strongly acidic oxide)
Electronegativity	Pauling scale: 3.16
Ionization energies	1st: 1251.2 kJ/mol 2nd: 2298 kJ/mol 3rd: 3822 kJ/mol (more)
Covalent radius	102±4 pm
Van der Waals radius	175 pm
Spectral lines of chlorine
Other properties
Natural occurrence	primordial
Crystal structure	​orthorhombic
Speed of sound	206 m/s (gas, at 0 °C)
Thermal conductivity	8.9×10−3 W/(m⋅K)
Electrical resistivity	>10 Ω⋅m (at 20 °C)
Magnetic ordering	diamagnetic
Molar magnetic susceptibility	−40.5×10−6 cm3/mol
CAS Number	Cl2: 7782-50-5
History
Discovery and first isolation	Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1774)
Recognized as an element by	Humphry Davy (1808)
Main isotopes of chlorine
Iso­tope Abun­dance Half-life (t1/2) Decay mode Pro­duct 35Cl 76% stable 36Cl trace 3.01×105 y β− 36Ar ε 36S 37Cl 24% stable

Cl:   data m.p. cat ()
	in	calc from C	diff	report	ref
C	−101.5	—	—
K	171.6	171.7	-0.1
F	−150.7	−150.7	0
max precision	1
WD
input	C: −101.5, K: 171.6, F: −150.7
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Cl:   data b.p. cat ()
	in	calc from C	diff	report	ref
C	−34.04	—	—
K	239.11	239.11	0
F	−29.27	−29.27	0
max precision	2
WD
input	C: −34.04, K: 239.11, F: −29.27
comment

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