[MR] Quick Lime (Lye)

[Becky McEllistrem]

Actually part of my need for quicklime is so I could
complete some of this research.  I have some books to
copy next weekend at the Library of Congress and
hopefully I'll find some good names for you there.

Rebecca
--- Walter Flomer <wflomer at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> sorry for teaching some real chemistry and not just
> alchemy.
> you do not burn salt (NaCl, sodium chloride) to get
> soda ash (Na2CO3, sodium
> carbonate)
> 
> the most common source of hydroxide and carbonate in
> the alchemy world was
> ASH, there is a reason that Na2CO3 is called soda
> ash.
> 
> a little more alchemy, potassium and sodium are
> alkali metals, alkali is
> arabic for plants, and potassium derives it's name
> from pot ash.
> 
> technically, soda ash is not an essential component
> of glass it is used in
> the production of glass, along with sand, the
> carbonate loses carbon
> dioxide.
> 
> Walter (looking for an alchemical SCA name)
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Towey, Brian" <cbt4489 at GlaxoWellcome.com>
> To: <atlantia at atlantia.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 1:48 PM
> Subject: RE: [MR] Quick Lime (Lye)
> 
> 
> > Thanks!  I hope that wasn't too pedantic.
> >
> > Soda ash is sodium carbonate (Na2CO3).  I'm not
> sure how it was made in
> > period, perhaps by burning salt with something. 
> In some cases, it was
> mined
> > from natural deposits such as those of the Wadi
> Natron in Egypt.  When
> > hydrated, it is washing soda.
> >
> > Soda ash is also ancient, being an essential
> component of glass and
> certain
> > pottery glazes.
> >
> > It would be cool to have an SCA workshop on
> medieval industrial chemistry,
> > eh?  First we make charcoal and pitch in a fire
> pit.  Then, we use the
> > charcoal to calcine some lime and burn some salt. 
> Then, we make
> whitewash,
> > cement, and lye.  Then, we add sand to soda and
> make glass, mix lye with
> fat
> > and make soap, mix sand and lime to make cement,
> etc....
> >
> > -BT
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: thurman [SMTP:hillth at navair.navy.mil]
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 12:50 PM
> > > To: Towey, Brian
> > > Subject: Re: [MR] Quick Lime (Lye)
> > >
> > > Wow. I feel so Educated! So, along that line...
> what is soda ash?
> > >
> > >
> > > > ...or made by mixing slaked lime with soda
> ash...
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
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