chlorine dioxide

collocation in English

meaningsofchlorineanddioxide

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chlorine
noun[U]
uk
/ˈklɔː.riːn/us
/ˈklɔːr.iːn/
a chemical element that is a greenish-yellow gas with a strong smell, added to water in order to kill organisms that might ...
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dioxide
noun[U]
uk
/daɪˈɒk.saɪd/us
/daɪˈɑːk.saɪd/
a chemical substance consisting of two atoms of oxygen combined with one atom of ...
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(Definition ofchlorineanddioxidefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Ozone andchlorinedioxideare powerful oxidants that produce less well-known harmful by-products, but do not provide a disinfectant residual.
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Phenolic tastes, odours and trihalomethanes resulting from chlorination of many waters are avoided withchlorinedioxide.
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The bacteriological quality of incoming water was tested, but found to be satisfactory, and repeated dosing withchlorinedioxidefailed to remove the problem.
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Residual freechlorinedioxideconcentration varied between 0.05 and 0.11 mg/l.
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The methods of flour improvement which have been examined are agene,chlorinedioxide, potassium bromate, ascorbic acid and an aeration process.
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Of the four improvers at present sanctioned, potassium bromate andchlorinedioxideare by far the most widely used.
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But what he forgot was thatchlorinedioxidehad been used.
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There seems, therefore, to be no case for condemning the use ofchlorinedioxideas a flour improver on these grounds.
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The lady's skin reacted tochlorinedioxidejust as it reacted to agene.
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Some of these existed beforechlorinedioxidewas adopted.
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Chlorinedioxidewas mentioned as an improvement on agene.
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En banning agene, the announcement allowed the use of four other "improvers"—namely,chlorinedioxide, potassium bromate, ascorbic acid and an aeration process.
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Chlorinedioxidedoes not suffer from these disadvantages and, in common with the other improvers, results in no harmful effects in animals under any conditions.
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There are no imports ofchlorinedioxide.
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I understand that the necessary plants for the production ofchlorinedioxideare being installed but that it will be some time before all the flour mills are fully equipped.
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Many millers in this country have followed suit in usingchlorinedioxide, as some sections of the public have been disturbed by the alarmist stories circulating about agene.
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According to an industry group, the use ofchlorinedioxidein these processes has reduced the dioxin generation to under detectable levels.
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Chlorinedioxidehas not been shown to produce these spontaneous chlorophenols.
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The use ofchlorinedioxideminimizes the amount of organochlorine compounds produced.
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A much smaller, but important, market forchlorinedioxideis for use as a disinfectant.
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