
Photo by David Stevens © Copyright 1996
Trona Mineral Data is a web
page that provides the chemical formula of trona and information about it's
characteristics.
Potash is another
chemical that was once obtained from Searles Lake North American Chemical shut down the
potash plant in Trona because it's potash plant in Utah was so much more efficient. CEH has a marketing report available that mentions
the Trona process for manufacturing potassium chloride.
I am very proud to have a link from Hampden-Sydney College Department
of Chemistry, Chemistry 103 page on
Potash. If you want to learn
a little about Chemistry in a very interesting way this is worth checking out.
Isonex Inc. is a company that makes it's living
from trona and it's derivatives. If you are interested in trona be sure to visit their
site for lots of interesting information.
USGS Minerals
Information Soda Ash web page has several articles of information about soda ash
available.
A cool picture of a trona mine in Wyoming can be found at
http://www.wma-minelife.com/trona/TronaPage/tronainf.htm
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Last Update:
12/08/2006
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