Question

Write the symbols of Chlorine.

Answer 1

Hint:The name chlorine is derived from chloros, meaning green, referring to the color of the gas and from Chloros, we got the symbol Cl. Thus, the symbol of chemical symbol chlorine is Cl.

Complete answer:
Chlorine is a chemical element with symbol Cl and atomic number 17. Elemental chlorine is a pale, yellowy green gas at room temperature. It was the Greek word khlôros meaning ‘yellowish-green’ that was used as inspiration by Sir Humphrey Davy when he named this element in the ${19^{th}}$ century. When attributing symbols to elements the general rule was using the first letter of the newly named element and, if that already existed for a previously discovered element, using the second or third letter in lower case, following the first letter used in upper case. Thus, Chlorine is represented by the symbol ‘Cl’ in the modern periodic table.
In nature it is found in the combined state only, chiefly with sodium as common salt (NaCl), carnallite, and sylvite
It is a member of the halogen (salt-forming) group of elements and is obtained from chlorides by the action of oxidizing agents and more often by electrolysis; it is a greenish-yellow gas, combining directly with nearly all elements. At ${10^0}C$ one volume of water dissolves 3.10 volumes of chlorine, at ${30^0}C$ only 1.77 volumes.

Note:
Chlorine is commonly used as an antiseptic and is used to make drinking water safe and to treat swimming pools. Large amounts of chlorine are used in many industrial processes, such as in the production of paper products, plastics, dyes, textiles, medicines, antiseptics, insecticides, solvents and paints.