ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,801, issued on July 29.
"Electrolytic synthesis of copper(I) chloride and copper(II) chloride" was invented by Mark Tsybulski (Brooklyn, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Copper(I) chloride and Copper(II) chloride are commonly used industrial chemicals. A new process of synthesizing CuCl, with CuCl2 as a byproduct, is disclosed. This process emits significantly less greenhouse gasses than existing methods and does not require fossil fuels. It involves electrolysis of Sodium chloride solution with a copper anode in order to precipitate out CuCl and Cu2O, which are then both placed into HCl in order to convert the Cu2O into CuCl and ...