chlorination

English

Etymology

chlorinate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌklɒ.ɹɪ.ˈneɪ.ʃən/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

chlorination (countable and uncountable, plural chlorinations)

(chemistry) 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.

Derived terms

Translations

chlorination

Catalan: cloració f
Czech: chlorace f
Galician: cloración (gl) f
Hungarian: klórozás (hu)
Italian: clorazione f
Turkish: klorlama (tr)

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