Leblanc process
English
Etymology
From Nicolas Leblanc, French chemist and surgeon.
Proper noun
- (historical) An early industrial method of producing sodium carbonate. It involved two stages: production of sodium sulfate from sodium chloride, followed by reaction of the sodium sulfate with coal and calcium carbonate to produce sodium carbonate.
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