Heavy Soda Ash

Heavy Soda Ash Applications

The most common use of Heavy Soda Ash is in glass manufacturing. This inorganic chemical reduces the melting temperature of the sand used in the formation of glass. Soda Ash Heavy with 99% purity is also used in shaping glass products. In glass manufacturing, Soda Ash is first heated to very high temperatures and then mixed with sand and Calcium Carbonate. Then the resulting mixture must be cooled quickly and the final product will be glass.

Use of Soda Ash Heavy in glass manufacturing

Melting pure silica requires a temperature of 1700-2000 °C. Therefore, most glass manufacturers reduce the glass forming temperature to 1500-1450 ° C by mixing raw silica with Heavy Soda Ash 99%. This is done to reduce fuel consumption and thus reduce fuel costs in glass factories. The added Carbonate lowers the melting point, but the added Sodium causes the glass to slowly dissolve in water. The addition of limestone due to the presence of Calcium makes the glass more durable. More than 45% of global Soda production is consumed in the glass industry. Depending on the type of produced glass, different amounts of Heavy Sodium Carbonate are required.

Differences between light and Heavy Soda Ash

The difference between Heavy and Light Soda Ash is in their density, particle size and application. These two substances are not chemically different from each other. Soda Ash Heavy has a bulk density of about 1000 kg/m3 and particles with a size of 300 to 500 microns. The density of Light Soda Ash is about 500 kg/m3 with particle size about 100 microns.