This article was originally published with the title “Spectral Reaction of Chlorine and Bromine” in SA Supplements Vol. 11 No. 271supp (March 1881), p. 4323 doi:10.1038 ...

(1) To create C-PVC, a free radical chlorination reaction is created by adding chlorine to PVC in a water slurry or fluidized bed reactor. The chlorination reaction is initiated by ultraviolet light.

Over the past decade much information has been published on the analysis of organics extracted from treated water. Certain of these organics have been shown to be by-products of the chlorination ...