Chlorine dioxide (ClO2) igasi reyero-girinhi rine hwema hwakafanana neklorini ine yakanakisa kugovera, kupinda uye sterilization kugona nekuda kwehunhu hwayo hwegasi. Kunyange zvazvo chlorine dioxide ine chlorine muzita rayo, zvinhu zvayo zvakasiyana zvikuru, zvakadai se carbon dioxide yakasiyana ne elemental carbon. Chlorine dioxide yave ichizivikanwa semushonga wekuuraya utachiona kubva kutanga kwema1900 uye yakatenderwa neUS Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) neUS Food and Drug Administration (FDA) kune zvakawanda zvikumbiro. Yakave yakaratidza kushanda seyakafara spectrum, anti-inflammatory, bactericidal, fungicidal, uye virucidal agent, pamwe ne deodorizer, uye inokwanisawo kusaita beta-lactam uye kuparadza zvose pinworms nemazai avo.
Kunyange zvazvo chlorine dioxide ine "chlorine" muzita rayo, makemikari ayo akasiyana zvakanyanya neayo echlorine. Kana ichiita nezvimwe zvinhu, haina simba uye inosarudza, zvichiita kuti ive sterilizer inoshanda uye inoshanda. Semuenzaniso, haina kuita neammonia kana akawanda organic compounds. Chlorine dioxide oxidizes zvigadzirwa pane kuzvichenesa, saka kusiyana neklorini, chlorine dioxide haigone kuburitsa zvakatipoteredza zvisingadiwi organic makomisheni ane chlorine. Chlorine dioxide zvakare inoonekwa yero-girinhi gasi ichiibvumira kuyerwa munguva chaiyo nemidziyo yefotometric.
Chlorine dioxide inoshandiswa zvakanyanya seantimicrobial uye seanoxidizing agent mumvura yekunwa, huku yehuku mvura, madziva ekushambira, uye kugadzirira kugeza mukanwa. Inoshandiswa kuchenesa michero nemiriwo uye zvakare michina yekugadzira chikafu nechinwiwa uye inoshandiswa zvakanyanya muhupenyu hwesainzi tsvakiridzo marabhoritari. Inoshandiswawo muindasitiri yekuchengetedza hutano kusvibisa makamuri, mafambiro, zvitsaura uye zvakare seyakaorera yechigadzirwa uye chikamu chesterilization. Inoshandiswawo zvakanyanya kuita bleach, deodorize, uye detoxify zvakasiyana siyana zvezvinhu, zvinosanganisira cellulose, bepa-pulp, hupfu, dehwe, mafuta nemafuta, uye machira.