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The chlor-alkali industry is one of the largest electrochemical operations in the world, the main products being chlorine and sodium hydroxide generated simultaneously by the electrolysis of sodium chloride solutions. The chlor-alkali industry serves the commodity chemical business, chlorine and sodium hydroxide (also called caustic soda) being indispensable intermediates in the chemical industry [1–10].
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O’Brien, T.F., Bommaraju, T.V., Hine, F. (2005). Introduction. In: Handbook of Chlor-Alkali Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48624-5_1
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