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sodium sulphate

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

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

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

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It will be noticed that the water softened in this way will contain sodium sulphate and chloride, but the presence of these salts is not objectionable.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

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