chlorination
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- dechlorination noun
- over-chlorination noun
- pre-chlorination noun
- rechlorination noun
- superchlorination noun
Example Sentences
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If stored water sits too long, it can lose its chlorination, which in turn can allow the growth of harmful pathogens such as the bacteria that cause Legionnaires’ disease.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
This allowed them to develop an effective method for separating useful phosphorus-containing compounds using a combination of chlorination steps with and without the presence of carbon.
From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2024
Other cities followed and the use of chlorination as standard treatment for water disinfection rapidly grew.
From Slate • Jan. 20, 2023
Clean water is also being delivered by lorries and chlorination is being scaled up.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2022
These, the cyanide and chlorination processes, have almost entirely superseded the old washing and amalgamating methods of treating free gold—and the cyanide seems to be now taking the lead.
From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry
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