Leblanc process

English

Etymology

From Nicolas Leblanc, French chemist and surgeon.

Proper noun

the Leblanc process

1. (chemistry, historical) 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.

See also

• galligu
• Solvay process