Chlorine dioxide (ClO2) ke khase e botala bo bosehla e nang le monko o ts'oanang le chlorine e nang le bokhoni bo botle ba kabo, ho kenella le ho etsa sterilization ka lebaka la tlhaho ea eona ea khase. Le hoja chlorine dioxide e na le chlorine ka lebitso la eona, thepa ea eona e fapane haholo, joalo ka carbon dioxide e fapane le elemental carbon. Chlorine dioxide e ’nile ea amoheloa e le sebolaea-libaktheria ho tloha mathoasong a lilemo tsa bo-1900 ’me e amohetsoe ke Setsi sa Tšireletso ea Tikoloho sa United States (EPA) le US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) bakeng sa likopo tse ngata. E bonahetse e sebetsa e le sets'oants'o se pharaletseng, anti-inflammatory, bactericidal, fungicidal, virucidal agent, hammoho le deodorizer, hape e khona ho kenya li-beta-lactam le ho senya li-pinworms le mahe a tsona.
Le hoja chlorine dioxide e na le "chlorine" ka lebitso la eona, k'hemistri ea eona e fapane haholo le ea chlorine. Ha e sebetsana le lintho tse ling, e ea fokola ebile ha e khetholle, e e lumella ho ba sebolaea se sebetsang hantle le se sebetsang haholoanyane. Ka mohlala, ha e sebetsane le ammonia kapa metsoako e mengata ea tlhaho. Chlorine dioxide e oxidize lihlahisoa ho e-na le ho li hloekisa, kahoo ho fapana le chlorine, chlorine dioxide e ke ke ea hlahisa metsoako e sa rateheng ea tikoloho e nang le chlorine. Chlorine dioxide e boetse ke khase e bonahalang e mosehla-botala e lumellang hore e lekanngoe ka nako ea sebele ka lisebelisoa tsa photometric.
Chlorine dioxide e sebelisoa haholo e le moriana o thibelang likokoana-hloko hape e le ntho e etsang oxidizing metsing a nooang, metsi a tšebetso ea likhoho, matamo a ho sesa le litokisetso tsa ho hlatsoa molomo. E sebelisoa ho hloekisa litholoana le meroho le lisebelisoa tsa ho lokisa lijo le lino le ho sebelisoa haholo lilaboratoring tsa lipatlisiso tsa mahlale a bophelo. E boetse e sebelisoa indastering ea tlhokomelo ea bophelo ho hloekisa likamore, mekhoa ea ho feta, li-isolators hape e le ntho e thibelang likokoana-hloko bakeng sa sehlahisoa le likaroloana tsa sterilization. E boetse e sebelisoa haholo ho soeufatsa, ho ntša monko le ho ntša chefo ea mefuta e mengata e fapaneng, ho kenyeletsoa selulose, pampiri ea pampiri, phofo, letlalo, mafura le oli, le masela.