- Mannheim process
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Process type Chemical Industrial sector(s) Chlor-Alkali industry Feedstock sodium chloride, sulphuric acid Product(s) hydrogen chloride The Mannheim process is an important method for the manufacture of hydrogen chloride and sodium sulfate from sodium chloride (table salt) and sulfuric acid in which case the Na2SO4 is known as salt cake:
2 NaCl + H2SO4 → Na2SO4 + 2 HCl [1]
References
- ^ Riegel's Handbook of Industrial Chemistry, Emil Raymond Riegel, Page 436, http://books.google.com/books?id=j3AwCqvqIzEC&pg=PA435&lpg=PA435&dq=%22Mannheim+process%22&source=web&ots=3T6sNwkXdQ&sig=vL8OHJEGoz3zc9QRBMFY7ZdxYfM#PPA436,M1
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