Leblanc process

noun

Le·​blanc process

ləˈbläⁿ-,

-äŋk-

: a process formerly used for manufacturing soda by treating salt with sulfuric acid, heating the resulting sodium sulfate with limestone and coal, and extracting with water the soluble sodium carbonate from the dark-colored mass formed

also : a similar process for manufacturing potash

Word History

Etymology

after Nicolas Leblanc †1806 French chemist

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