Named for the Belgian who patented it in 1861, FTP, what is this process for the production of sodium carbonate?
The chemistry involved in this process was based on the fifty-year-old findings of A.J. Fresnel.  It replaced the much less effective LeBlanc process, which in England had left areas devoid of grass and trees.  This process was truly a feat of engineering, since the discoverer merely took Fresnel's chemistry, and applied the use of an 80-foot high carbonating tower in which ammonium brine would trickle down and carbon dioxide rise up.  Named for the Belgian who patented it in 1861, FTP, what is this process for the production of sodium carbonate?
The chemistry involved in this process was based on the fifty-year-old findings of A.J. Fresnel.  
Solvay process