Chlorine Releases

Found some YouTube videos on liquid chlorine releases by the Chlorine Institute. The first video is from the Dugway Proving Grounds and shows how a liquid chlorine release will proceed depending on the direction of the release. I won’t spoil it by yammering on about it.

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    1. gaussling Post author

      I thought it was fascinating as well. I have done some largish chlorinations using large cylinder scale quantities of chlorine. The self-refrigeration issue is real. The chlorine remaining in the cylinder halfway through the process cooled so much that the Cl2 gas flow rate became a problem. Had to set a heat gun on the floor next to the cylinder to keep the vapor pressure up. The reaction relied on the large exotherm to keep the reaction mass from freezing up.

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