Question

solvay process is used to prepare what?

Answer 1

The Solvay process is named after Ernest Solvay. Solvay was a Belgian industrialist and chemist who lived from 1838 to 1922. The process is one used for making sodium carbonate by carbon dioxide passing through a sodium chloride solution that has been saturated with ammonia.

Answer 2

Solvay process is mainly used for preparing soda ash. Its major constituent is sodium carbonate. There are nearly 70 power plants which make use of the solvay process.