Salt cake

Description

An impure block of sodium sulfate. Salt cakes are used in making in paper pulp, detergents, soda glass, ceramic glazes and dyes.

Synonyms and Related Terms

sodium sulfate

Resources and Citations

• G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 785

• Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993

• The Dictionary of Paper, American Paper Institute, New York, Fourth Edition, 1980

• Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia, Douglas M. Considine (ed.), Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1976