Minerals Yearbook, 1990: Sodium Sulfate

摘要

Sodium sulfate is produced from natural sources or recovered as a byproduct fromvarious manufacturing processes and has several important and useful applications in various consumer products. In a survey of the top 50 basic organic and inorganic chemicals made in the United States, sodium sulfate ranked 48th in terms of quantity produced. Topics discussed in the report include domestic data coverage, definitions, grades, and specifications, industry structure, geology-resources, technology, byproducts and coproducts, economic factors, operating factors, production, consumption and uses, stocks, markets and prices, foreign trade, world review, and outlook.