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Definition of "chlorination" []

  • 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. (noun)

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Use "chlorination" in a sentence
  • "The natural water treatment potential was adopted long before chemical water treatment methods, such as chlorination and flocculation, were discovered and applied."
  • "In particular, if certain treatments of the raw water, such as chlorination are believed necessary, effective local substitutes may not exist."
  • ""Unlike UV or other disinfection techniques [such as chlorination] they can also kill some of the toughest microbes such as spores," he said."