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Chlorination vs Monochlorination - What's the difference?

chlorination | monochlorination |

As nouns the difference between chlorination and monochlorination

is that chlorination is 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 while monochlorination is chlorination with a single chlorine atom (where multiple chlorinations would be possible.

chlorination

English

(wikipedia chlorination)

Noun

  • (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

    * sulfochlorination, sulphochlorination

    monochlorination

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) chlorination with a single chlorine atom (where multiple chlorinations would be possible)