Why are chlorine kept in yellow cylinders?

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

 

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

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

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.

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.

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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