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		DennisP on Feb 7, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Making steel without emitting CO2 I did some quick searches thinking I'd find we produce vastly more iron than chlorine, and we surprised to learn that we only use sixteen times more iron.

fnordpiglet on Feb 7, 2024 [–]

Being so reactive I imagine. If chlorine were much much cheaper we would find many more uses.

lucioperca on Feb 7, 2024 | [–]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyvinyl_chloride

Big use-case, problem is that in case of fire lots of dioxins are produced.

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