sodium sulphate

British

noun

a solid white substance that occurs naturally as thenardite and is usually used as the white anhydrous compound ( salt cake ) or the white crystalline decahydrate ( Glauber's salt ) in making glass, detergents, and pulp. Formula: Na 2 SO 4

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The Navy is working on a magical electrolytic cell containing a sodium sulphate solution.

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Eventually, Douglas Stewart may become one of the 5,000 who work for the twelve Crown corporations that operate utilities, an airline, a sodium sulphate plant.

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Glauber's salt is a natural sodium sulphate used in paper pulp and glass manufacturing.

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What remains is the same sodium sulphate with which the cycle started.

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Wool is dyed in a similar manner, sodium sulphate being added to the dyebath, and the dyed colour treated with fluoride of chromium or bichromate of potash.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

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