Editing Deacon process (section)

==Leblanc-Deacon process==
The Leblanc-Deacon process is a modification of the Leblanc process.  The Leblanc process was notoriously environmentally unfriendly, and resulted in some of the first Air and Water pollution acts.  In 1874, [[Henry Deacon (industrialist)|Henry Deacon]] had derived a process to reduce HCl emissions as mandated by the [[Alkali Act]].  In this process, [[hydrogen chloride]] is oxidized by oxygen over a [[Copper(II) chloride|copper chloride]] [[catalyst]], resulting in the production of [[chlorine]].  This was widely used in the paper and textile industries as a bleaching agent, and as a result [[sodium carbonate]] was no longer the primary product of these plants, and henceforth sold at a loss.