The self-taught chemist Ernest Solvay turned the sodium carbonate industry on its head in 1861 when he discovered a one-step process using brine, limestone, coking coal, and ammonia to make the ...
Author's note: A few images were changed to more suitable ones about the company's high-level fundamentals. I also clarified a few points about the Solvay/Syensqo split, and what remains or what ...