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Why soda ash react with metal & de-sulphur the metal?
Question Date: 2012-12-29
Answer 1:

Soda ash usually reacts with metal by forming a new chemical compound. For example, if you have aluminum and it reacts with soda ash, it turns the aluminum into aluminum hydroxide, and causes the metal to be consumed by this reaction.



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