Ernest Gaston Solvay

Solvay, Ernest Gaston

 

Born Apr. 16, 1838, in Rebecq-Rognon, Brabant; died May 26,1922, in Brussels. Belgian chemical engineer and industrialist. Corresponding member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1917).

In 1861, Solvay began work on an ammonia-based method for the industrial production of soda and in 1872 developed a vertical carbonator. This work made possible a continuous production process by the end of the 19th century. The Solvay process was far more economical than the process in use at the time, developed by N. Leblanc.

REFERENCE

Gessen, Iu. Iu. Ocherki istorii proizvodstva sody. Moscow-Lenin grad, 1951.