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Producing Sodium carbonate (Na2CO3)

Na2CO3: Sodium carbonate

for Glass, paper, and detergent

React carbon dioxide to ammonia saturated solution of sodium chloride.

CO2 + NH3 + H2O + NaCl right NaHCO3 + NH4Cl

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Bake deposited sodium bicarbonate.

2NaHCO3 right Na2CO3 + H2O right + CO2 right

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Add calcium hydroxide to produced solution.

2NH4Cl + Ca(OH)2 right 2NH3 + CaCl2 + H2O

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Ammonia and calcium chloride is recovered again for reusing them.

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