In April, the mainstream ex-factory price of light alkali was 1200- 1300 yuan/ton, the northeast delivery price was about 1500 yuan/ton, the ex-factory price of heavy alkali was 1400- 1450 yuan/ton, and the northeast delivery price was 65438+.
Obviously, the price of caustic soda is about twice as high as that of soda ash.
According to the current high school textbooks, soda ash mainly adopts ammonia-alkali method: NaCl+NH3+CO2+H2O = NaHCO3↓+NH4Cl, 2NaHCO3 = Na2CO3+CO2↑+H2O (heating), and caustic soda adopts chlor-alkali method: 2nNaCl+2h2o = H2 ↑+Cl2 ↑+2NaOH (electrolysis). Caustic soda is more expensive than soda ash because it consumes more electricity.