Chlorine

[Seymour]

Why are chlorine kept in yellow cylinders?

The chlorine is suppose to be in liquid state at low temperature and pressure.

 

:eek: :eek:

[insane_alien]

cos when you open the valve you release the pressure meaning it comes out as a gas.

[Seymour]

Thanks. But why are liquid chlorine kept in yellow cylinder and not cylinders of other colours

[insane_alien]

so you know its chlorine straight away since its poisonous.

 

edit: its actually a national thing, in some countries it isjust a label warning that it is chlorine. its all to do with health and safety.

[YT2095]

if there is an accident or Fire, the emergency services can instantly identify it by the color codes on the bottle(s).

it`s a standard color convention per country, as it is with fire extinguishers.

[Borek]

In Poland yellow color stands for acetylene, grey for Ar, blue for oxygen. Can't remember what is color for chlorine - but it is standardised as well. This way they are much more difficult to be mistaken.

 

Best,

Borek

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[jsatan]

Its ncie to have color code, having fun picking up the butane gas bottle to put out a fire, muhahahaha