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leblanc process

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English

Syllables
leblanc pro-cess
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An early industrial method of producing sodium carbonate. It involved two stages: production of sodium sulfate from sodium chloride, followed by reaction of the sodium sulfate with coal and calcium carbonate to produce sodium carbonate.

Etymology

From Nicolas Leblanc, French chemist and surgeon.

Inflected Forms

the Leblanc process (canonical)

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does leblanc process mean?
An early industrial method of producing sodium carbonate. It involved two stages: production of sodium sulfate from sodium chloride, followed by reaction of the sodium sulfate with coal and calcium carbonate to produce sodium carbonate.
Where does leblanc process come from?
From Nicolas Leblanc, French chemist and surgeon.

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