Uses of industrial soda ash

1. Used as water softener in printing and dyeing industry.

2. The metallurgical industry is used as a smelting flux and a flotation agent for beneficiation, and as a desulfurizing agent in steelmaking and antimony smelting.

3. In the leather industry, it is used for degreasing raw hides, neutralizing chrome tanned leather and improving the alkalinity of chrome tanning liquid.

4. Soda ash is also used in the production of refractory materials and glazes in the ceramic industry.

5. Used in the production of synthetic detergent additives sodium tripolyphosphate and other sodium phosphate salts, etc.

6. Used in the food industry as a neutralizer and leavening agent, such as the manufacture of amino acids, soy sauce, and pasta foods such as steamed bread, buns, etc. It can also be made into alkaline water and added to pasta to increase elasticity and ductility.

7. The glass industry is an industry that consumes a large amount of soda ash, which consumes 0.2 tons of soda ash per ton of glass. Commonly used to make water glass, sodium dichromate, sodium nitrate, sodium fluoride, baking soda, borax, trisodium phosphate, etc.

Uses of soda ash

1. Proofing noodles. Microorganisms will generate acid during the process of making noodles, and the dough will become sour after it is initiated. Alkali must be added to neutralize it to make delicious pasta.

2. Alkali has a strong degreasing effect, which can remove excess oil on the raw materials of oily dry goods.

3. Alkaline food is hot, bitter and astringent, has the effects of dehumidifying heat, reducing food stagnation, detoxification and acid production.

4. Decontamination, teapots or other utensils that often drink tea have too much tea stain, which is difficult to brush off. Soak it in alkaline water and brush it again. Of course, you can also send things with a lot of grease stains.

5. Alkali can neutralize the organic acids or sulfides that adhere to dark green vegetables due to the excessive spraying of pesticides, thereby maintaining the original color of the vegetables and removing the pollution of the pesticides on the vegetables.

6. Alkali can release niacin, which is not easily released in corn, so that people who eat corn for a long time will not suffer from mange disease due to the lack of niacin in corn.

7. Alkali can remove the hala flavor in the fat. The method is to wait until the hala flavored oil is heated to hot, put in a certain amount of soda ash water, and stir it slowly with chopsticks.

8. Old towels are black and hard. You can use an enamel pot to boil the towels and alkaline water and keep them warm for a few hours. The towels will be clean and soft.

9. For charging and maintenance of lead-acid batteries, some soda ash must be prepared by the side to prepare for emergency treatment after the human body is exposed to acid. (neutralization)