The portrait of participants to the first Solvay Conference in 1911. Ernest Solvay is the third seated from the left. Solvay was not present at the time the photo was taken, so his photo was cut and pasted onto this one for the official release
The Solvay process or ammonia–soda process is the major industrial process for the production of sodium carbonate. The ammonia–soda process was developed into its modern form by the Belgian chemist Er
Solvay Process Plant in Solvay, New York; the Erie Canal passed through this plant until about 1917. From the Solvay Process collection of the Solvay, New York, Public Library.