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The chlorine was diluted to approximately 25 mole percent with Nitrogen. The bed was periodically fluidized (\"pulsed-fluidization\") using only nitrogen. The surface the glass reactor was heated from 290° to 300°. Analyses were performed using an iodometric titration technique. The product gases were collected in carbon tetrachloride or in KI solution. The best chlorine conversion obtained was 89 percent.","abstract_html":"A continuous reaction scheme and an apparatus were designed and developed to synthesize dichlorine monoxide. A convenient and reliable source of Cl&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;O was required because the compound is to be used to oxidize concentrated H&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;O to O&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;(&lt;sup&gt;1/&lt;sup&gt;Δ), which is to be used to pump an iodine laser; I(&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;P&lt;sub&gt;1/2&lt;/sub&gt;) -&gt; I(&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;P&lt;sub&gt;3/2&lt;/sub&gt;) + hv Dichlorine monoxide is a hazardous compound that cannot be readily made and stored for subsequent utilization. The chemistry that was finally selected for the synthesis was the reaction of Cl&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; with anhydrous sodium carbonate. The chlorine was diluted to approximately 25 mole percent with Nitrogen. The bed was periodically fluidized (&quot;pulsed-fluidization&quot;) using only nitrogen. The surface the glass reactor was heated from 290° to 300°. Analyses were performed using an iodometric titration technique. The product gases were collected in carbon tetrachloride or in KI solution. 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