THE CHLOR-ALKALI PROCESS

Salt, one of nature’s most abundant minerals, is used to make chlorine and caustic soda, which are chemical building blocks for thousands of essential consumer goods, pharmaceuticals and industrial products.

Salt, one of nature’s most abundant minerals, is used to make chlorine and caustic soda, which are chemical building blocks for thousands of essential consumer goods, pharmaceuticals and industrial products.

In the early 1800s, scientists discovered that they could form chlorine by applying electricity to salt-saturated water, or brine. By the late 1800s the chlor-alkali process, as it is known today, had reached commercial scale. The electricity causes the sodium chloride and water to react and create chlorine, caustic soda and hydrogen. Chlorine is essential to our everyday lives. It is used to disinfect drinking water and sanitize sewage and industrial waste.

Chlorine is also used in hundreds of production processes to make everything from toothpaste and detergents to paints, plastics and bleach. Caustic soda, or sodium hydroxide, is a key component in chemical
processes for hundreds of packaging, construction, transportation, household and medical products.

Brine used in the chlor-alkali process must be specially treated and requires precise levels of saturation and purity. To this end, the chlor-alkali industry relies heavily on brine producers like Texas Brine for a
reliable supply of on-spec brine.

Salt, one of nature’s most abundant minerals, is used to make chlorine and caustic soda, which are chemical building blocks for thousands of essential consumer goods, pharmaceuticals and industrial products.

In the early 1800s, scientists discovered that they could form chlorine by applying electricity to salt-saturated water, or brine. By the late 1800s the chlor-alkali process, as it is known today, had reached commercial scale. The electricity causes the sodium chloride and water to react and create chlorine, caustic soda and hydrogen. Chlorine is essential to our everyday lives. It is used to disinfect drinking water and sanitize sewage and industrial waste.

Chlorine is also used in hundreds of production processes to make everything from toothpaste and detergents to paints, plastics and bleach. Caustic soda, or sodium hydroxide, is a key component in chemical
processes for hundreds of packaging, construction, transportation, household and medical products.

Brine used in the chlor-alkali process must be specially treated and requires precise levels of saturation and purity. To this end, the chlor-alkali industry relies heavily on brine producers like Texas Brine for a
reliable supply of on-spec brine.