Plaster of Paris

Plaster of Paris is a white powder which is used mainly for making toys, statues, blackboard chalk and for beautification of ceilings of buildings and houses. It is also used for the setting of fractured bones in the right position. It has got its name from the fact...

Bleaching powder

Bleaching powder is very useful chemical compound which is used extensively for bleaching of clothes. It chemical formula is CaOCl2 and its chemical name is calcium oxychloride. Manufacture of Bleaching Powder Bleaching powder in manufactured by passing chlorine gas...

Baking soda

The chemical formula of baking soda is NaHCO3. The chemical name of baking soda is sodium hydrogen carbonate or sodium bicarbonate. Manufacture of baking soda The baking soda can be manufactured on commercial scale by Solvay’s process. The manufacture of sodium...

Manufacture of washing soda

The chemical name of washing soda is sodium carbonate decahydrate, and its chemical formula is Na2CO3.10H2O. So washing soda is hydrated salt of sodium carbonate containing 10 molecules of water of crystallization. Sodium carbonate is manufactured by Solvay process....

Washing soda

The chemical name of washing soda is sodium carbonate decahydrate, and its chemical formula is Na2CO3.10H2O. So washing soda is hydrated salt of sodium carbonate containing 10 molecules of water of crystallization. But the anhydrous sodium carbonate which doesn’t have...