sodium sulphate

British  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

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

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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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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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For rich ores the method of roasting the sulphide with metallic iron is sometimes employed; carbon and salt or sodium sulphate being used to slag the iron.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various