Solvay Process to Make Sodium Carbonate
The Solvay Process (also known as the ammoniasoda process), developed in 1861, is the world''s major industrial process for the production of sodium carbonate (NaCO 3), or soda ash. Solvay Process History. In 1861, after realizing the polluting impacts of the Leblanc Process, Belgian industrial chemist Ernest Solvay rediscovered and perfected Augustin Fresnel''s reaction. This process recovered the ammonia