How does Airbornes method of manufacturing sodium bicarbonate differ from other manufacturers?
Airborne’s raw material is sodium sulfate, a byproduct from a facility using sodium bicarbonate to capture sulfur dioxide from its exit gases. The sodium sulfate is reacted with ammonia and carbon dioxide in a chemical reaction to form sodium bicarbonate with a fertilizer co-product. Other producers of sodium bicarbonate use sodium carbonate as the basic raw material and react it with carbon dioxide to produce sodium bicarbonate.
