Question

Which one mentioned below is not a major industrial chemical produced by chloro-alkali industry?

(a) Soda ash

(b) Caustic soda

(c) Chlorine

(d) Ammonium carbonate

This question was addressed to me in a national level competition.

I'm obligated to ask this question of Inorganic Chemical in section Inorganic Chemical Industries of Chemical Technology

Answer 1

Right choice is (d) Ammonium carbonate

For explanation I would say: The chloro alkali industry represents production of three major industrial chemicals:

Soda ash(sodium carbonate), caustic soda(sodium hydroxide), chlorine(Cl2). Thus ammonium carbonate is not a chloro-alkali product.