Question

what is deacon's process?

Answer 1

The Deacon process is a process used during the manufacture of alkalis (the initial end product was sodium carbonate) by the Leblanc process. ... Invented by Henry Deacon in 1874. The process was based on the oxidation of hydrogen chloride: 4 HCl + O2 → 2 Cl2 + 2H2O.

Answer 2

Answer:-

Deacon's process is a process used for preparation of molecular chlorine.

It involves the use of hydrogen chloride and oxygen as reactants and copper chloride as catalyst at high temperatures.

In this process, hydrogen chloride gas is oxidized by atmospheric oxygen in the presence of $CuCl_2$ as catalyst at 723 K.

The balanced reaction for deacon's process is written as :

$4HCl+O_2\rightarrow 2Cl_2+2H_2O$