摘要 |
Chlorine hydrate is made by vaporizing liquid water to gaseous form, mixing it with gaseous chlorine and contacting the mixture with a low temperature heat transfer means which converts it to solid chlorine hydrate. The liquid water to be converted to gaseous form is most preferably that present in an aqueous metal chloride electrolyte employed in an electric battery of the metal electrode-metal chloride electrolyte-chlorine electrode type, the chlorine is also obtained from the battery, during charging thereof, and the chlorine hydrate produced is reconverted to chlorine and returned to the battery when it is being discharged. |