The chlorine universe
Chlorine is the natural chemical
element that is ranking 17th in the famous Periodic
Table, also called Mendeleev's Table. This table regroups all
today's known elements, natural ones and man-made elements.
Chlorine is a kind of special one: it is so
highly reactive that in nature you will hardly
find it in its pure, molecular form as chlorine gas
(Cl2). But thousands of
chlorinated chemical compounds exist, natural
ones and compounds produced by man.
Very often, this wide range of compounds starts with the
production of chlorine itself. Worldwide, an impressive chlorine
producing industry provides downstream product lines with the pure
chlorine molecules. From there on, chlorine
constitutes a building block in thousands of products that make
life safer, healthier, easier, more comfortable, more energy
efficient: in one word, more innovative. Chlorine chemistry
enables solutions through innovation.
Chlorine chemistry helps
tackling today's and tomorrow's major problems on the
planet:feeding, housing and keeping an ever growing world
population healthier, saving energy and help
generating sustainable energy resources, assure enough mobility and
telecommunications, respect Nature while helping Mankind to move on
sustainably.
Discover hereunder and further in this website the amazing
world of chlorine.

Your sport shoes soles are made of polyurethane (PU). One of the two components for making PU is made with chlorine.

Chlorine-based PVC is an excellent material for garden hoses but also window frames, dashboards, blood bags

PVC bags and tubing administer intravenous medicines

Polycarbonate eye protection is based on chlorine chemistry

Ultrapure silicon for solar cells is made with chlorine

Chlorine chemistry is used in 85% of all pharmaceutical production

Iron chloride is helping a good hand in water purification

The roof of the Cologne RheinEnergy stadium is made of polycarbonate (Courtesy of Bayer MaterialScience)

Life saving bullet-proof vests made from aramid fibre

Wind mill parts are glued together with epoxy resins

Polycarbonate head and taillamps make cars lighter

All computers and the whole internet rely on chlorine based pure silicon

CDs and DVDs are made from polycarbonate