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[edit] Anyone heard of Drinking Chlorine Dioxide?

Recently I have been drinking chlorine dioxide as an internal cleanse. Check out the website that sells the stuff they have information on it www.mmsmiracle.com Tell me what you think about this. It sounds weird at first but the more I have looked into it the more it makes sense.

[edit] Polar?

Is chlorine dioxide polar? (when in liquid shape)

Chlorine dioxide is a gas and it dissolves in water (not react), then you can consider it polar.

Araújo Campani. 08:30, 22 November 2007.

[edit] Reducing agent?

I am not sure about this statement under 'Preparation'.

Chlorine dioxide can be produced by reducing sodium chlorate in a strong acid solution with a suitable reducing agent (for example, hydrogen peroxide, sulfur dioxide, or hydrochloric acid):

I do not recall Hydrogen Peroxide to be a reducing agent, but an oxidizer.

It can be either, depending on the reaction:
—Ryanrs 11:06, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
It's actually used as a reducing agent in water treatment to remove residual hypochlorous acid. dil 17:48, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question

What pH is considered a strong acid solution? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.1.178.191 (talk • contribs)

Depends on your solvent and context. But generally, in water one would regard a pH < 1 to be strongly acidic. --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:43, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Maybe it's meant as a solution of a strong acid i.e. one that ionizes completely in solution? dil 17:47, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] References

  • Gordon G, Rosenblatt A. A. (2005). "Chlorine Dioxide: The Current State of the Art". Ozone: Science and Engineering 27 (3): 203 - 207. doi:10.1126/science.143.3603.247. 
  • Deshwal B. R., Lee H. K. (2005). "Manufacture of chlorine dioxide from sodium chlorate: State of the art". Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 11 (3): 330-346. 
  • AIETA EM, BERG JD (1986). "A REVIEW OF CHLORINE DIOXIDE IN DRINKING-WATER TREATMENT". JOURNAL AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION 78 (6): 62-72. 

--Stone 20:40, 28 November 2006 (UTC)


This article needs proper citation of the references given. Hard to discern where many of these claims stem from. Would be good for the authors to do so. Halogenated (talk) 00:37, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] online article about chlorate-based method

I can't find article about chlorate-based method. Most of the articles are about chlorite-based. Would someone like to make an article about it? How is the process description of manufacturing chlorine dioxide by using sodium chlorate (chlorate-based method)? What is chlorate-based method's conversion factor by using sulfur dioxide (in acidic condition) in its generator? --user:Amanda_molly December,2006 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Amanda molly (talk • contribs) 06:29, 6 December 2006 (UTC).

Here's an article from Aker Kvaerner about the generation of Chlorine Dioxide using a solution of sodium chlorate and hydrochloric acid; the overall reaction shown to be:
2NaClO3 + 4HCl → 2ClO2 + Cl2 + 2NaCl + 2H2O
http://www.akerkvaerner.com/Internet/IndustriesAndServices/Pulping/BleachingChemicals/IntegratedChlorineDioxideProcess.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.161.21.127 (talk) 00:53, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More soluble at higher temperatures?

The last time I checked, 4 degrees Celsius was not "boiling":

Its solubility increases at higher temperatures: it is thus common to use boiling water (5 °C or 41 °F)

Joseph N Hall 10:15, 20 June 2007 (UTC)


--> Also please note typically gas solubility increases with decreasing temperature, a funny trend but noticable when you open a cold 2 liter of soda and a warm 2 liter of soda, which one fizzes more?