Some articles on soda ash, soda:
... See also Soda ash and Halophyte The ashes obtained by the burning of Salsola soda can be refined to make a product called soda ash, which is one of the alkali materials essential to ... ingredient is sodium carbonate, with which the term "soda ash" is now nearly synonymous ... The processed ashes of Salsola soda contain as much as 30% sodium carbonate ...
... The Madagi Soda Company manufactures soda ash at the Kenyan town of Magadi, which is in southwestern Kenya ... It is the largest manufacturer of soda ash in Africa ... The trona is converted by Magadi to soda ash, at a facility near the mining operations, and the soda ash is transported by rail to Mombasa for onward shipping ...
... large-scale production of sodium carbonate (soda ash) ... In this Leblanc process, common salt is converted to soda ash, using sulfuric acid, limestone, and coal, releasing hydrogen chloride as a by-product ... After the passage of the act, soda ash producers were obliged to absorb the waste gas in water, producing hydrochloric acid on an industrial scale ...
... brine and limestone were the key raw materials for the production of soda ash ... The company's main product was soda ash whch was used to make glass, chemicals, detergent, and paper ... Soda ash production began in 1884 ...
Famous quotes containing the words ash and/or soda:
“And in the next instant, immediately behind them, Victor saw his former wife.
At once he lowered his gaze, automatically tapping his cigarette to dislodge the ash that had not yet had time to form. From somewhere low down his heart rose like a fist to deliver an uppercut, drew back, struck again, then went into a fast disorderly throb, contradicting the music and drowning it.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
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—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)