Leblanc process

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Nicolas Leblanc, French chemist and surgeon.

Proper noun[edit]

the Leblanc process

  1. (chemistry, 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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