Weldon


Weldon : An early process for making chlorine by oxidizing hydrochloric acid (from the Leblanc process) with manganese dioxide. The mixture was heated with steam in stone tanks. Manganese was recovered from the liquor by precipitation with calcium hydroxide and subsequent oxidation by air: 4HCl + MnO2 + MnCl2 + Cl2 + 2H2O ? MnCl2 + Ca(OH)2 + Mn(OH)2 + CaCl2 and 2Mn(OH)2 + O2 + 2MnO2 + 2H2O. The process was complicated by the formation of calcium manganite, CaMn2O6, known as Weldon mud. (Check source for accuracy of chemical formula)
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