Ernest Solvay:
Ernest Solvay was a Belgian industrial chemist.
Birth:
April 16, 1838 in Rebecqu-Rognon, Belgium
Death:
May 26, 1922 in Brussels, Belgium
Claim to Fame:
Solvay was a Belgian chemist who developed the industrial process to create soda ash (anhydrous sodium carbonate). His ammonia-soda process, or Solvay process would use brine (salt water) and limestone (calcium carbonate) reacting together in a large tower to create large amounts of soda ash to be used in glass and soap manufacturing.
