Lime in the Production of Soda Ash | Graymont
One of the major sources of soda ash (Na2 CO3) and caustic soda (NaOH) in North America involves the refining of naturally occurring trona ores. These ores are mixtures of carbonates, bicarbonates and impurities that must be refined to produce marketable products. Combining the bicarbonatecontaining liquid with lime is one of the processes used to convert the bicarbonates in the trona to ...