Chemistry Sectors: Other
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| EUROPEAN SODA ASH PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION (ESAPA) | ||
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| Sodium carbonate, or soda ash, is produced using common salt, ammonia, carbon dioxide and lime. It is mainly used as a source of sodium and carbon dioxide (water softener, preparation of sodium salts) and as an electrolyte with fluidising action (ceramics, cement). It is an important raw material in the manufacture of flat and container glass and a variety of chemicals and detergents. | ||
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| Pieter Van der Hoeven |
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| Brunner Mond (GB)
Ciech (PL) Eti Soda (TR) Novacarb (FR) SC GHCL Upsom Romania (RO) Soda Sanayii (TR) Sodawerk Stassfurt & Co (DE) Solvay (BE) |
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| WORTH READING | ||
| - ESAPA - European Soda Ash Producers Association, August 2007
- IPPC BAT reference document: Large volume solid inorganic chemicals family, Process BREF for soda ash, Issue 3, March 2004 - A Profile of ESAPA, presentation of the production process, applications, facts and figures about soda ash, 1997 |
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