Chlorine dioxide (ClO2) ndi mpweya wobiriwira wachikaso wokhala ndi fungo lofanana ndi klorini wokhala ndi magawidwe abwino kwambiri, malowedwe ndi kutsekeka chifukwa cha gaseous. Ngakhale kuti chlorine dioxide ili ndi klorini m'dzina lake, zida zake ndizosiyana kwambiri, monga carbon dioxide ndiyosiyana ndi mpweya woyambira. Chlorine dioxide amadziwika kuti ndi mankhwala ophera tizilombo kuyambira kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1900 ndipo wavomerezedwa ndi US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ndi US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pazinthu zambiri. Iwonetsedwa bwino ngati sipekitiramu, anti-inflammatory, bactericidal, fungicidal, ndi virucidal agent, komanso deodorizer, komanso yokhoza kuyambitsa beta-lactams ndikuwononga ma pinworms ndi mazira awo.

Ngakhale kuti chlorine dioxide ili ndi "klorini" m'dzina lake, momwe zimapangidwira zimasiyana kwambiri ndi klorini. Mukamayenderana ndi zinthu zina, imakhala yofooka komanso yosankha, kuti izikhala yotseketsa bwino komanso yothandiza. Mwachitsanzo, sizimakhudzana ndi ammonia kapena mankhwala ambiri. Chlorine dioxide imapangitsa kuti mankhwala azisakaniza m'malo mowachiritsa, motero mosiyana ndi klorini, klorini woipa sangatulutse mankhwala osavomerezeka omwe ali ndi klorini. Chlorine dioxide ndi mpweya wowoneka wachikaso wowoneka bwino womwe umalola kuti uyesedwe munthawi yeniyeni ndi zida za photometric.

Chlorine dioxide imagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri ngati mankhwala opha tizilombo tating'onoting'ono komanso ngati mankhwala othandizira kuti madzi akumwa amwe, madzi amachitidwe a nkhuku, maiwe osambira, komanso kukonzekera kutsuka mkamwa. Amagwiritsidwa ntchito poyeretsa zipatso ndi ndiwo zamasamba komanso zida zopangira zakudya ndi zakumwa zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri m'ma laboratories ofufuza zaumoyo. Amagwiritsidwanso ntchito m'makampani azachipatala kuti awononge zipinda, zopyola, zopatula komanso ngati yolera yotseketsa mankhwala ndi zinthu zina. Amagwiritsidwanso ntchito popukutira, kutaya madzi, ndikuchotsanso zida zosiyanasiyana, kuphatikiza mapadi, mapepala, ufa, zikopa, mafuta ndi mafuta.