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kloor

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EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 19.06.2025

Meanings

terava lõhnaga kollakasroheline mürgine gaas, omadustelt halogeen, keemiline element järjenumbriga 17
Synonyms
  • Cl symbol

Translations

Good to know

Uusladina chlōrum < kreeka khlōros 'rohekaskollane'.

Terminological databases

EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 714497 Last modified 16.03.2016
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Domain inorganic chemistry
kloor
Cl
chlorine
Cl
  • keemiline element, halogeen, kollakasrohelise värvuse ja terava lõhnaga, limaskesti ärritava toimega gaas, sulamistemperatuur –101,5 ºC, tihedus 3,2 kg/m3
  • chemical element, second lightest member of the halogen elements, or Group 17 (Group VIIa) of the periodic table
Good to know
  • Chlorine is a toxic, corrosive, greenish-yellow gas that is irritating to the eyes and to the respiratory system.
  • Much chlorine is used to sterilize water and wastes, and the substance is employed either directly or indirectly as a bleaching agent for paper or textiles and as “bleaching powder” (Ca[OCl]2∙CaCl2∙Ca[OH]2∙2H2O).
  • Kasutatakse pleegitite tootmiseks ja vee kloorimiseks.
kloor
Cl symbol
chlorine
Usage examples
  • In TCF bleaching, the use of chlorine containing bleaching chemicals is completely avoided and thus so are the emissions of organic and organochlorinated substances from bleaching.
Cl symbol
chlore
Chlor
kloori

Loomakasvatuse terminibaas

ID 479217 Last modified 02.12.2022
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  • keemiline makroelement
Chlor
хлор

Norra-eesti meditsiinisõnastik

ID 551493 Last modified 15.11.2023
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Domain medicine
  • grunnstoff med atomsymbol Cl og atomnummer 17
kloor
klor

Word forms

Inflection Type 22e

kloor kloorid
kloori klooride
kloori kloore ~ kloorisid

Etymology

laensõna
  • kloor Kreeka sõnast khlōros 'rohekaskollane'
    • Chlore 'kloor'
      • chlore 'kloor' ( André-Marie Ampère 1815 )
        • chlorine 'kloor' ( Humphrey Davy 1810 )

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