What is the origin of the name chlorine?

Origin of name: from the Greek word "chloros" meaning "pale green". Chlorine was discovered in 1774 by Carl Wilhelm Scheele. He obtained it through the reaction of the mineral pyrolusite (manganese dioxide, MnO 2) with hydrochloric acid (HCl, then known as muriatic acid). read more

The highest recorded use of the first name Chlorine was in 1919 with a total of 5 babies. Weird things about the name Chlorine: Your name in reverse order is Enirolhc. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Ocheriln. read more

Chlorine definition, a halogen element, a heavy, greenish-yellow, incombustible, water-soluble, poisonous gas that is highly irritating to the respiratory organs, obtained chiefly by electrolysis of sodium chloride brine: used for water purification, in the making of bleaching powder, and in the manufacture both of chemicals that do not contain chlorine, as ethylene glycol, and of those that do. read more