sodium sulphate
- Detergent and Cleaning Agents: Used as a filler in powdered detergents.
- Glass Manufacturing: Acts as a fining agent to remove small air bubbles from molten glass.
- Textile Industry: Used in dyeing and printing textiles.
- Paper Industry: Utilized in the kraft process for wood pulping.
- Medicine: Known as a laxative in its decahydrate form (Glauber’s salt).
- Chemical Industry: Used in the manufacture of various chemicals, including sodium sulfide, sodium silicate, and sodium dichromate.