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Why We Write Chlorine As Cl2 Not As Cl
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Why We Write Chlorine As Cl2 Not As Cl

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Because is non metallic glass
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We write chlorine as CL2 because chlorine is a non metallic gas . Also as chlorine is a gas it occurs in diatomic form as cl2 such as hydrogen(h2).
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