Question

How is chlorine manufactured by Deacon's method?

Answer 1

In Deacon's process, chlorine can be manufacture by the oxidation of hydrochloric acid in the presence of cuprous chloride at $723K$ and a pressure of $1$ atmosphere.

$4HCl+O_2\stackrel{Cu{Cl}_2}{\to }\underset{\text{Chlorine}}{2{Cl}_2}+2H_{2}O$