ʻO Chlorine dioxide (ClO2) he kinoea ʻōmaʻomaʻo melemele me ka ʻala like me ka chlorine me ka maikaʻi o ka hāʻawi ʻana, ke komo a me ka sterilization ma muli o kona ʻano kinoea. ʻOiai he chlorine ka chlorine dioxide i kona inoa, ʻokoʻa loa kona mau waiwai, e like me ke kalapona kalapona ʻokoʻa ma mua o ke kalapona elemental. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Chlorine dioxide he disinfectant mai ka makahiki 1900 a ua ʻae ʻia e ka US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a me ka US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) no nā noi he nui. Ua hōʻike maikaʻi ʻia ma ke ʻano he ākea ākea, anti-inflammatory, bactericidal, fungicidal, a me virucidal agent, a me ka deodorizer, a hiki ke hoʻopau i nā beta-lactams a luku i nā pinworms a me kā lākou mau hua.
ʻOiai he "chlorine" ka chlorine dioxide ma kona inoa, he ʻokoʻa loa kona kemika mai ka chlorine. I ka pane ʻana me nā mea ʻē aʻe, ʻoi aku ka nāwaliwali a me ke koho ʻana, e ʻae iā ia e lilo i mea sterilizer maikaʻi a maikaʻi. No ka laʻana, ʻaʻole ia e pane me ka ammonia a i ʻole ka hapa nui o nā pūhui organik. ʻO ka chlorine dioxide e hoʻoheheʻe i nā huahana ma mua o ka chlorinating iā lākou, no laila, ʻaʻole e like me ka chlorine, ʻaʻole e hoʻopuka ka chlorine dioxide i nā mea hoʻohui kūlohelohe i makemake ʻole ʻia me ka chlorine. He kinoea ʻōmaʻomaʻo melemele ʻike ʻia ʻo Chlorine dioxide e hiki ke ana ʻia i ka manawa maoli me nā mea photometric.
Hoʻohana nui ʻia ʻo Chlorine dioxide ma ke ʻano he antimicrobial a ma ke ʻano he oxidizing agent i ka wai inu, ka wai kaʻina moa, nā loko ʻauʻau, a me ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka waha. Hoʻohana ʻia ia e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu a me nā mea hana no ka hoʻoili ʻana i ka meaʻai a me ka mea inu a hoʻohana nui ʻia i nā keʻena noiʻi ʻepekema ola. Hoʻohana ʻia ia i ka ʻoihana mālama olakino e hoʻokaʻawale i nā lumi, passthroughs, isolator a me kahi sterilant no ka huahana a me nā mea sterilization. Hoʻohana nui ʻia ia e bleach, deodorize, a detoxify i nā ʻano mea like ʻole, me ka cellulose, ka pepa-pulp, ka palaoa, ka ʻili, nā momona a me nā aila, a me nā textiles.