Chlorine dioxide (ClO2) ke khase e botala bo bosehla e nang le monko o ts'oanang le chlorine e nang le bokhoni bo phahameng ba ho aba, ho kenella le ho nyopa ka lebaka la sebopeho sa eona se nang le moea. Le ha chlorine dioxide e na le chlorine lebitsong la eona, thepa ea eona e fapane haholo, joalo ka carbon dioxide e fapane ho feta carbon elemental. Chlorine dioxide e amohetsoe e le sebolaya-mafu ho tloha mathoasong a lilemo tsa bo-1900 'me e amohetsoe ke Setsi sa Ts'ireletso ea Tikoloho ea Amerika (EPA) le Tsamaiso ea Lijo le Lithethefatsi ea US (FDA) bakeng sa lits'ebetso tse ngata. E bonts'itsoe hore e sebetsa hantle joalo ka sebakanyana se pharaletseng, se khahlanong le ho ruruha, bactericidal, fungicidal, le virucidal agent, hammoho le deodorizer, hape e khona ho thibela beta-lactams le ho senya li-pinworms ka bobeli le mahe a tsona.

Le ha chlorine dioxide e na le "chlorine" lebitsong la eona, chemistry ea eona e fapane haholo le ea chlorine. Ha e sebetsana le lintho tse ling, e ea fokola ebile e khetha, e e lumellang hore e sebelise sterilizer e sebetsang hantle le e sebetsang. Mohlala, ha e sebetse ka ammonia kapa metsoako e mengata ea manyolo. Chlorine dioxide e kopanya lihlahisoa ho e-na le ho li chesa, kahoo ho fapana le chlorine, chlorine dioxide e ke ke ea hlahisa metsoako e meng e sa rateheng ea tikoloho e nang le chlorine. Chlorine dioxide le eona ke khase e botala bo botala bo mosehla e e lumellang hore e lekanngoe ka nako ea 'nete ka lisebelisoa tsa lifoto.

Chlorine dioxide e sebelisoa haholo joalo ka lithibela-mafu le sesebelisoa sa oxidizing metsing a nooang, metsi a ts'ebetso ea likhoho, matangoana a ho sesa le litokisetso tsa ho hlatsoa molomo. E sebelisetsoa ho hloekisa litholoana le meroho hape le lisebelisoa tsa ho lokisa lijo le lino tse tahang le ho sebelisoa haholo makaleng a lipatlisiso tsa mahlale a bophelo. E hiriloe hape indastering ea tlhokomelo ea bophelo bo botle ho silafatsa likamore, liphaposi, li-isolators hape e le sesepa sa nyatso ea sehlahisoa le sehlahisoa. E boetse e sebelisoa ka mokhoa o pharalletseng ho hloekisa, ho tlosa litšila le ho tlosa litšila mefuteng e fapaneng ea thepa, ho kenyelletsa selulose, pampiri-makhasi, phofo, letlalo, mafura le oli le masela.