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LONDON. Faraday Society, February 19.—Dr. T. Martin Lowry in the chair.—The present position and future prospects of the electrolytic alkali and bleach industry: J. B. C. Kershaw. The paper opens with a brief historical review. The second part of the paper contains a list of the works now operating in Europe and America, summarising, so far as information is available, power used, type of cell and process employed, and products made. The totals show that about 55,000 h.p. are now being devoted to the production of alkalies and bleach by the electrolytic method, and that plant representing about 13,000 h.p. is lying in reserve. Assuming that all the plants are being worked to the best advantage, the production of 70 per cent. caustic soda at present would be about iio,ooo tons per annum, with an equivalent of 231,000 tons of 35 per cent. bleaching powder (2 tons of caustic and 4.2 tons of bleach per E.H.P. year). In conclusion, the future of the industry is discussed.
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Societies and Academies . Nature 75, 454–456 (1907). https://doi.org/10.1038/075454a0
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