Vulcan Materials Company

Jimmie T Petrosky

Charles Richard Cupit

Evert E Gannaway

Steven R Hieger

Perchloroethylene and hydrogen chloride are made by thermal noncatalytic chlorination of hydrocarbons and/or their partially chlorinated derivatives using carbon tetrachloride as a reactive diluent under conditions which maximize consumption of carbon tetrachloride and minimize the production of heavy ends, such as hexachlorobenzene and other tarry products.

Minimizing heavy ends production in the manufacture of perchloroethylene

Perchloroethylene and hydrogen chloride are made by noncatalytic thermal chlorination of hydrocarbons and/or their partially chlorinated derivatives by reacting them with chlorine in the presence of hydrogen and carbon tetrachloride as a reactive diluent, under conditions which maximize consumption of carbon tetrachloride and minimize the production of heavy ends, such as hexachlorobenzene and other tarry products.

Manufacture of perchloroethylene by chlorinating hydrocarbons and

Perchloroethylene and hydrogen chloride are made by thermal noncatalytic pyrolysis of carbon tetrachloride in the presence of elemental hydrogen and chlorine under conditions which maximize consumption of carbon tetrachloride while minimizing the production of heavy ends.

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Wichita, KS, United States of America

Jimmie T Petrosky