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Where did Chlorine get its name?. Chlorine got its name from the Greek word Khloros for greenish-yellow.It is pronounced KLOR-een or as KLOR-in. In 1810 Sir Humphry Davy gave it the name "chloric gas" or "chlorine." . History. Chlorine was first produced by Carl Wilhelm Scheele, a German chemist, when he combined the mineral pyrolusite (MnO2) with hydrochloric acid (HCl) in 1774. Although Scheele thought the gas produced in his experiment contained oxygen, Sir Humphry Davy proved in 1810 that34608
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