Salt cake

Description
Impure industrial sodium sulphate. White granules. Is being shipped dry. Bulk density: 1,052-1,124 kg/m3. Non-IMSBC Code information: soluble in water, insoluble in alcohol. Used in ceramic glaze, paper pulp, detergents and soaps, plate and window glass, sodium salts and dyes.
Trade Names (Synonyms)
Disodium sulfate - natriumsulfat (German) - sodium sulfate - sodium sulphate - sulfuric acid, disodium salt - thenardite - trona - sodium sulfate anhydrous.

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