Producing Sodium carbonate (Na2CO3)
Na2CO3: Sodium carbonate
for Glass, paper, and detergent
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Na2CO3: Sodium carbonate
for Glass, paper, and detergent
React carbon dioxide to ammonia saturated solution of sodium chloride.
CO2 + NH3 + H2O + NaCl
NaHCO3 + NH4Cl

Bake deposited sodium bicarbonate.
2NaHCO3
Na2CO3 + H2O
+ CO2 ![]()

Add calcium hydroxide to produced solution.
2NH4Cl + Ca(OH)2
2NH3 + CaCl2 + H2O

Ammonia and calcium chloride is recovered again for reusing them.
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