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breakout of chlorine

A point at which chlorine leaves a solution as a gas because the chlorine feed rate is too high. The solution is saturated and cannot dissolve any more chlorine. The maximum strength a chlorine solution can attain is approximately 3,500 mg/L. Beyond this concentration molecular chlorine will break out of solution and cause off-gassing at the point of application. Also called chlorine breakaway.