• United Alkali Company Limited was a British chemical company formed in 1890, employing the Leblanc process to produce soda ash for the glass, textile,...
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    chemical companies making alkali by the Leblanc process combined to form the United Alkali Company, later one of the constituent companies of ICI. This...
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    Canal at nearby St. Rollox in 1799, which later became part of the United Alkali Company. Later in the 19th century, the construction of railway lines through...
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    Feldspar (redirect from Alkali feldspar)
    the feldspar group are the plagioclase (sodium-calcium) feldspars and the alkali (potassium-sodium) feldspars. Feldspars make up about 60% of the Earth's...
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    The alkali metals consist of the chemical elements lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), caesium (Cs), and francium (Fr). Together with...
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    IG Farben (category Chemical companies established in 1925)
    mergers took place in other countries. In the United Kingdom Brunner Mond, Nobel Industries, United Alkali Company and British Dyestuffs merged to form Imperial...
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  • Tata Chemicals Europe (category Chemical companies of the United Kingdom)
    British Dyestuffs Corporation, Nobel's Explosives Limited, and the United Alkali Company – which took part in the merger which created the massive industrial...
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  • Allied Corporation (category Aerospace companies of the United States)
    name. British Dyestuffs Corporation IG Farben United Alkali Company "National Aniline and Chemical Company Buffalo, New York". colorantshistory.org. Archived...
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    British-based chemical companies; British Dyestuffs Corporation, Brunner, Mond & Company, Nobel Explosives and the United Alkali Company. which merged in 1926...
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  • The chloralkali process (also chlor-alkali and chlor alkali) is an industrial process for the electrolysis of sodium chloride (NaCl) solutions. It is...
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    Ferdinand Hurter (category Swiss emigrants to the United Kingdom)
    thoughts. When the Leblanc factories merged in 1890 to form the United Alkali Company, Hurter was placed in charge of developing a research laboratory...
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    The alkali–silica reaction (ASR), also commonly known as concrete cancer, is a deleterious internal swelling reaction that occurs over time in concrete...
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  • Duncan McKechnie (category Scottish company founders)
    found his own company in St Helens. This company specialised in extracting and refining metals. It was sold to the United Alkali Company in 1891. After...
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    historical company is in the custody of the Rio Tinto plc in London. Compañía Española de Minas de Río Tinto Unión Explosivos Río Tinto United Alkali Company Río...
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  • Nobel Enterprises (category Chemical companies of the United Kingdom)
    and women. In 1926, the firm merged with Brunner, Mond & Company, the United Alkali Company, and the British Dyestuffs Corporation, creating a new group...
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  • Diamond Alkali Company was an American chemical company incorporated in 1910 in West Virginia by a group of glass industry businessmen from Pittsburgh...
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  • Flint had three teams; Flint Town, Flint Athletic and Flint UAC (United Alkali Company) In 1905, Flint UAC and Flint Town amalgamated, taking the name...
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  • Imperial Chemical Industries (category Former defence companies of the United Kingdom)
    organisation. The company was founded in December 1926 from the merger of four companies: Brunner Mond, Nobel Explosives, the United Alkali Company, and British...
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    Olin Corporation (category Chemical companies of the United States)
    hydroxide. The company traces its roots to two companies, both founded in 1892: Franklin W. Olin's Equitable Powder Company and the Mathieson Alkali Works. Accidents...
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    facility, was built on part of its land in 1941, expanding on a United Alkali Company venture begun in the 1890s. ICI General Chemical Divisions purchased...
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    from that era. In the 1920s, the salt works, by then owned by the United Alkali Company (after 1926, part of ICI), was considerably expanded, and became...
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    ICI Hillhouse (category Companies based in Lancashire)
    Halt served those arriving by train. ICI Hillhouse expanded on a United Alkali Company venture begun in 1890. ICI General Chemical Divisions purchased...
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    The Alkali Flat Historic District is a historic district in Sacramento, California. It is the oldest surviving neighborhood in Sacramento. The older Alkali...
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  • British Dyestuffs Corporation (category Chemical companies of the United Kingdom)
    of the four British chemical companies which merged in 1926 with Brunner Mond, Nobel Explosives, and United Alkali Company to form Imperial Chemical Industries...
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  • Wyandotte Alkalis were a minor league baseball team based in Wyandotte, Michigan. In 1912 and 1913, the Alkalis, named for a locally based company, played...
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    Max Muspratt (category Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom)
    United Alkali Company in 1892 (the firm had been founded by his father), becoming a director in 1901 and its chairman from 1914. In 1926 the United Alkali...
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    river, to Wardleys Creek. Some of the passengers were employees of United Alkali Company at Burn Naze, the predecessor to ICI Hillhouse. Parts of the pier...
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    alkali works there in the 1860s to extract copper from its ore. The factory was known as "Wigg works" and in 1890 it was bought by the United Alkali Company...
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    Charles Wigg (category English company founders)
    retired from the business shortly after it was taken over by the United Alkali Company and died eight years later. The site of the factory has been developed...
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    The Dow Chemical Company is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, United States. The company was among the three largest...
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