Note 20 — Chapter XI · THE HALOGENS: CHLORINE, BROMINE, IODINE, AND FLUORINE
George Kamensky translation
A certain propensity of carbon to attract chlorine is evidenced in the immense absorption of chlorine by charcoal (Note 7), but, so far as is at present known (if I am not mistaken, no one has tried the aid of light), no combination takes place between the chlorine and carbon.