chlorine dioxide

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   an explosive gas (ClO2) used chiefly in bleaching paper or starch or soap or flour and in water purification

   Broaderdioxidebleaching agent

Questions about chlorine dioxide

What does chlorine dioxide mean?

chlorine dioxide means "an explosive gas (ClO2) used chiefly in bleaching paper or starch or soap or flour and in water purification".

Is chlorine dioxide a common word?

chlorine dioxide is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.