Excess calcium chloride produced in this process replaced the hydrochloric acid by-product of its predecessor.
Excess calcium chloride produced in this process replaced the hydrochloric acid by-product of its predecessor. Today use of the mineral Trona has partially usurped its utility. The idea for its central chemical mechanism was developed by Jean Fresnel, fifty years passed before the namesake Belgian and his brother developed the 80-foot-tall gas absorption tower in which downward flowing brine was interspered with an upward flow of carbon dioxide. 50% of its worldwide output is used in glass manufacture though it is also used in Ramen Noodles. For 10 points-- what is this chemical procedure that replaced the Leblanc process as a method of producing sodium carbonate?
Excess calcium chloride produced in this process replaced the hydrochloric acid by-product of its predecessor.
{Solvay} Process