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Chlorine vs Boleite - What's the difference?

chlorine | boleite |

As nouns the difference between chlorine and boleite

is that chlorine is a toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17 while boleite is an isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing chlorine, copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, potassium, and silver.

chlorine

English

Noun

(-) (wikipedia chlorine)
  • A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17.

    • Derived terms

    * antichlor, antichlore * antichlorine * chlor-, chloro- * chloral * chlorane * chloric * chloride * chlorinate * chlorination * * * * chlorine dioxide * chlorine fluoride * chlorine monofluoride * chlorine oxide * chlorine pentafluoride * chlorine trifluoride * chlorine water * chloriniferous * chlorinise, chlorinize * chlorinous * chlorite * chloroid * chlorous * chloruret * dichlorine * organochlorine

    Related terms

    * chlorate * chlorurated

    Synonyms

    * when used as a food additive

    See also

    * carnallite * halite * sylvite

    boleite

    English

    Noun

  • (mineral) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing chlorine, copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, potassium, and silver.

    • References

    * Boleite in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Boleite.shtml]