Weldon mud is a precipitation of manganese used in the production of chlorine.
Walter Weldon developed[when?]
a process in the chlorine production process for reuse of manganese by treating the manganese chloride with milk of lime and blowing air through the mixture to form a precipitation of manganese known as Weldon mud, which was used to generate more chlorine.
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