A process is described for removing halogen compounds, particularly chlorine compounds, from a process fluid, comprising the steps of (i) passing a process fluid containing hydrogen halide over a first sorbent to remove hydrogen halide and generate a hydrogen halide depleted process fluid and then, (ii) passing the hydrogen halide depleted process fluid over a second different sorbent to remove organic halide compounds therefrom. A purification system suitable for removing hydrogen halide and organic halide compounds from process fluids is also described.

There is provided a hydrogen chloride mixture hardly corroding a metal. The hydrogen chloride mixture contains hydrogen chloride and water. The hydrogen chloride mixture is filled into a filling container so that a part of the hydrogen chloride mixture is liquid. The concentration of water in a gas phase in the hydrogen chloride mixture is 0.001 mol ppm or more and less than 4.5 mol ppm.

This invention describes a hydrometallurgical process for the recovery and separation of valuable elements, in particular gold and silver, from a feed material comprising a refractory, intractable or otherwise poorly responding to conventional treatment routes ores, concentrates and other materials. In particular, the process is a process integrated into one or more existing value element extraction processes.

Impure gaseous hydrogen chloride from organochlorosilane hydrolysis is freed of impurities by first scrubbing with an organochlorosilane, which may be the same or different from the organochlorosilane(s) hydrolyzed, and then further scrubbing with chloromethane. The purified gaseous hydrogen chloride is preferably used in chlorosilane synthesis.

The invention relates to a process for the treatment of a gas stream comprising hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid and fluorinated/oxygenated compounds, in which the gas stream is successively subjected to: a stage of catalytic hydrolysis; a stage of washing with an acid solution; a stage of adsorption of impurities by active charcoal; a stage of adiabatic or isothermal absorption of the hydrochloric acid in an aqueous solution, making it possible to collect hydrochloric acid solution.

The invention relates to a process for the treatment of a gas stream comprising hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid and fluorinated/oxygenated compounds, in which the gas stream is successively subjected to: a stage of catalytic hydrolysis; a stage of washing with an acid solution; a stage of adsorption of impurities by active charcoal; a stage of adiabatic or isothermal absorption of the hydrochloric acid in an aqueous solution, making it possible to collect hydrochloric acid solution.