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How is chlorine produced?

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How is chlorine produced?

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The process is called “electrolysis”. Chlorine is produced by passing a current through a water solution of natural salt (sodium chloride) called brine. Thousand kg of salt yields around 600 kg of chlorine, 680 kg of sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) and 17 kg of hydrogen.