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Chlorine demand

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-004900

Chlorine demand is the difference between the amount of chlorine added to water and the amount of residual chlorine remaining after a given contact time. Chlorine demand may change with dosage, time, temperature, pH, and nature and amount of the impurities in the water. Chlorine Demand, mg/L = Chlorine Applied, mg/L - Residual, mg/L.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-004900
FieldEnvironment
SubjectWater
ReferencesDrinking Water Technical & Legal Terms
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-004900",
  "term": "Chlorine demand",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Chlorine Demand",
  "definition": "Chlorine demand is the difference between the amount of chlorine added to water and the amount of residual chlorine remaining after a given contact time. Chlorine demand may change with dosage, time, temperature, pH, and nature and amount of the impurities in the water. Chlorine Demand, mg/L = Chlorine Applied, mg/L - Residual, mg/L.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/chlorine-demand/"
}

Record 4,803 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.