Solvay process

Solvay process

n.

A process used to produce large quantities of soda ash from sodium chloride, ammonia, and carbon dioxide.

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[After Ernest Solvay.]

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Solvay process

(ˈsɒlveɪ)

n

(Chemical Engineering) an industrial process for manufacturing sodium carbonate. Carbon dioxide is passed into a solution of sodium chloride saturated with ammonia. Sodium bicarbonate is precipitated and heated to form the carbonate

[C19: named after Ernest Solvay (1838–1922), Belgian chemist who invented a process using salt, limestone, and ammonia]

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Solvay process - an industrial process for producing sodium carbonate from sodium chloride and ammonia and carbon dioxide industrial process - a systematic series of mechanical or chemical operations that produce or manufacture something

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