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| Export Markets: | North America, South America, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa, Oceania, Mid East, Eastern Asia, Western Europe |
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| Place of Origin: | Guangdong in China |
| Packaging Details: | PP/PE Bag |
Quick Details
- Classification: Chemical Auxiliary Agent
- Model Number: 99.2%
- Brand Name: Goldensea
- Usage: Coating Auxiliary Agents,Electronics Chemicals,Leather Auxiliary Agents,Paper Chemicals,Petroleum Additives,Plastic Auxiliary Agents,Rubber Auxiliary Agents,Surfactants,Textile Auxiliary Agents,Water Treatment Chemicals
- Type: Sodium Carbonate
- Purity: 99.2%
- EINECS No.: 207-838-8
- Other Names: Sodium Carbonate
- CAS No.: 497-19-8
- Soda Ash Light: Sodium Carbonate
Specifications
Soda ash, the trade name for sodium carbonate (Na2CO3), is a white, anhydrous, powdered or granular material. It is an essential raw material used in the manufacturing of glass, detergents chemicals and other industrial products.
As such, soda ash is one of the most widely used and important commodities in the United States, contributing substantially to the gross domestic product. For this reason, the Federal Reserve Board incorporates monthly soda ash production data into monthly economic indicators used to monitor the condition of the U.S. economy.
Sodium carbonate has been used in manufacturing for over 5,000 years. Ancient Egyptians used it to make glass ornaments and vessels. They recovered the product from dry lake-bed deposits or by burning seaweed and other marine plants. The Romans also used soda ash for baking bread, making glass and for medicinal purposes. Its extraction from the ashes of various plants continued until the middle of the 19th century and gave it the present-day name of "soda ash".
Today, "natural soda ash" refined from the mineral trona is regarded as the standard for quality and purity and is also processed from sodium-carbonate-bearing brines. The Green River Basin of Wyoming is the world's largest area for naturally-occurring trona. There is also "synthetic soda ash", which is manufactured using a number of different chemical processes.
Soda ash is made in three main grades - light, medium and dense. These have the same chemical properties and only differ in physical characteristics, such as bulk density and particle size and shape (which affect flow characteristics and angle of repose).
When companies process and produce soda ash, a number of other sodium compounds are made as co-products, including sodium bicarbonate (also known as baking soda), sodium sulfite, sodium tripolyphosphate, and chemical caustic soda.
Soda ash is an essential raw material used in many applications such as the manufacture of glass, detergents and soaps, chemicals and many other industrial processes.
