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hyperchlorination

hyperchlorination noun: a water treatment method that chlorinates water to a very high degree.

Noun

hyperchlorination (uncountable)

  1. A water treatment method that chlorinates water to a very high degree.
    • 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.2015 August 5, “Effect of Common Drinking Water Disinfectants, Chlorine and Heat, on Free Legionella and Amoebae-Associated Legionella”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
  2. Perchlorination.

Origin of hyperchlorination

From hyper- + chlorination.

Questions about hyperchlorination

What does hyperchlorination mean?
Hyperchlorination means a water treatment method that chlorinates water to a very high degree.
What part of speech is hyperchlorination?
Hyperchlorination is a noun.

Words near hyperchlorination in the dictionary

  1. hyperchloremias
  2. hyperchloremic
  3. hyperchlorhydria
  4. hyperchloric
  5. hyperchlorinated
  6. hyperchlorination
  7. hypercholanemia
  8. hypercholanemic
  9. hypercholeresis
  10. hypercholeretic
  11. hypercholesteraemia

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