Question

Antimony pentachloride is an excellent chlorine carrier.

(a) True

(b) False

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Answer 1

Right answer is (a) True

To explain: Antimony pentachloride is an excellent chlorine carrier. It has been used extensively in the past for the manufacture of tetrachloroethane, ethylene dichloride, and tetrachlorophthalic anhydride, but most of these chlorination have been converted to ferric chloride procedures.