Chlorine dioxide (ClO2) gas ne mai launin rawaya-kore tare da kamshi mai kama da chlorine tare da kyakkyawar rarrabawa, shigar azzakari cikin farji da kuma damar haifuwa saboda yanayin iskar gas. Dukda cewa sinadarin chlorine dioxide yana da chlorine a cikin sunansa, kadarorinshi sun banbanta sosai, kamar yadda carbon dioxide yasha bamban da na carbon. Chlorine dioxide an amince dashi a matsayin mai kashe cututtukan cuta tun daga farkon shekarun 1900 kuma hukumar kare muhalli ta Amurka (EPA) da kuma Hukumar Abinci da Magunguna ta Amurka (FDA) sun amince da ita don aikace-aikace da yawa. An nuna shi yana da tasiri a matsayin babban bakan, anti-inflammatory, bactericidal, fungicidal, and virucidal wakili, gami da deodorizer, sannan kuma yana iya kashe beta-lactams da lalata duka kwayoyi da ƙwai.

Duk da cewa sinadarin chlorine dioxide yana da “chlorine” a cikin sunansa, sunadarai ya sha bamban da na chlorine. Lokacin da kake amsawa tare da wasu abubuwa, yana da rauni kuma mafi zaɓi, yana ƙyale shi ya zama mafi ingancin aiki da masarar haifuwa. Misali, ba ya amsawa tare da ammoniya ko yawancin mahaɗan ƙwayoyi. Chlorine dioxide yana sarrafa abubuwa maimakon sanya su sinadarin chlorine, don haka sabanin chlorine, chlorine dioxide ba zai samar da mahallin tsarukan da ba'a so ba wanda ke dauke da sinadarin chlorine. Chlorine dioxide shima ana iya ganin gas mai launin rawaya-mai ba da damar auna shi a cikin ainihin lokacin tare da na'urorin photometric.

Ana amfani da sinadarin Chlorine dioxide a matsayin antimicrobial kuma a matsayin wakili na shakar ruwa a cikin ruwan sha, ruwan sarrafa kaji, ruwa, wuraren wanka, da shirye-shiryen wanke baki. Ana amfani da shi don tsabtace 'ya'yan itace da kayan marmari da kayan aiki don sarrafa abinci da abin sha kuma ana amfani dashi sosai a cikin dakunan bincike na kimiyyar rayuwa. Hakanan ana aiki dashi a masana'antar kiwon lafiya don gurɓata ɗakuna, fassthroughs, masu rarrabewa da kuma matsayin sterilant don samfura da ɓoye abubuwa. Hakanan ana amfani dashi sosai don yin launin fata, deodorize, da kuma tsabtace abubuwa iri-iri, ciki har da cellulose, takarda-ɓangaren litattafan almara, gari, fata, fat, mai da mai, da kayan saƙa.