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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
John M McIntyre, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204 81 ; 204263 ; 204283 ; 204284 ; 204294 ; 204296 ;
Abstract
An electrochemical cell and process for the electrolysis of an aqueous solution of an alkali metal halide and the production of a halogenated hydrocarbon comprising an electrolytic cell having a gas depolarized anode and a cathode which can be a dimensionally stable or a gas depolarized cathode wherein the production of an aqueous solution of an alkali metal hydroxide and a halogenated hydrocarbon are accompanied by significantly reduced voltage requirements in the cell.