Hyperchlorination

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A water treatment method that chlorinates water to a very high degree. uncountable

    "Free chlorine is mostly used at a low concentration (0.2–0.5 mg L -1 ) as a secondary disinfectant for the maintenance of water quality in distribution systems [3 ,9 ] or at higher concentrations as an installation disinfection treatment called hyperchlorination."

  2. 2
    Perchlorination. uncountable

Synonyms

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perchlorination

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"Free chlorine is mostly used at a low concentration (0.2–0.5 mg L -1 ) as a secondary disinfectant for the maintenance of water quality in distribution systems [3 ,9 ] or at higher concentrations as an installation disinfection treatment called hyperchlorination."

Etymology

From hyper- + chlorination.

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