Revised and updated translation of the author's Les Oxydes de chlore et le chlorite de sodium. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Dangers of handling and toxicity -- Laboratory preparation -- Molecular structure and properties -- Physical properties -- Thermal decomposition -- Photolysis reactions -- Reactions with ozone, nitrogen oxide and fluorine -- Chlorine oxides as anhydrides -- Redox reactions of chlorine dioxide and chlorite -- Reactions with organic compounds -- Qualitative analysis and quantitative determination -- Industrial synthesis -- Industrial applications of chlorine dioxide and sodium chlorite.