Chlorine: Difference between revisions

In 1774, '''Karl Wilhelm Scheele''' discovered Chlorine. Scheels thought that chlorine was an oxide of murium, or hydrochloric acid. Scheeles experimented by heating manganese dioxide and hydrochloric acid. From this experiment he discovered a greenish, yellow gas, which was chlorine. However, Scheeles did not consider chlorine as an element. In 1810, '''Humphrey Davy''' named chlorine and established it as an element. It was named after the Greek word chloros, which means pale green.