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The world production capacity of chlorine reached 53 million tons in 2002 from approximately 22 million tons in 1970 [1–7] and is expected to increase to 65 million tons by the year 2015 [8]. In this chapter, the major manufacturing processes and the factors affecting the growth pattern of the chlor-alkali industry are presented.
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O’Brien, T.F., Bommaraju, T.V., Hine, F. (2005). Overview of the Chlor-Alkali Industry. In: Handbook of Chlor-Alkali Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48624-5_3
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