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Chlorine

Z: 17
Mass: 35.45
Lifeforce: Water
In the body: heart

Pure, it is a poison gas. Bound to sodium, it becomes table salt, the ancient symbol of covenant and life. Pendelmodus and Shalem, united in a single bond.

A still bowl on a stone catches rain, overflows and waters young sprouts. — Plate · Water Water grasps at nothing. It *receives*, until the bowl overflows and feeds.

Made in supernovae. Most of Earth’s chlorine sits dissolved in the oceans as chloride ions.

Lab note · ≈95 g in the body: blood plasma and stomach acid.

Tool · Cosmic origin

Where your atoms come from

Cl · Supernova

Born in supernova explosions, the death of massive stars scattering their innards across the galaxy.

65 of the 118 elements share this origin.

Choose a stage: click, or arrow keys. · Cosmic nucleosynthesis · current standard model

Tool · Periodic table

Your place in the system

H He Li Be B C N O F Ne Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe Cs Ba La Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn Fr Ra Ac Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Cn Nh Fl Mc Lv Ts Og

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