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1. Main access routes
The main industrial routes to trichloroethylene from ethylene and acetylene are summarized in figure 1 .
In the main industrial processes used, trichloroethylene is co-produced with perchloroethylene.
1.1 TRI/PER process from PPG (Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.)
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Process principle
Trichloroethylene and perchloroethylene are co-produced in an oxychlorination reactor from 1,2-dichloroethane and chlorine over a fluid-bed catalyst based on potassium chloride and cupric chloride:
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