Brunner Mond is a British-based chemical company that is part of Tata Chemicals Limited, a subsidary of the Tata Group of India. Tata Chemicals is the world's third largest producer of soda ash. The Brunner Mond plants also produce sodium bicarbonate, calcium chloride and associated alkaline chemicals. This article or section includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Tata Chemcials Ltd is a Tata Group Company (India) with plant locations in Mithapur (Gujarat State, India) amongst other places. ... Tata is one of the oldest and largest business conglomerates in India, with revenues in 2005-06 of $21. ... Sodium carbonate or soda ash, Na2CO3, is a sodium salt of carbonic acid. ... Sodium bicarbonate is the chemical compound with the formula NaHCO3. ... Calcium chloride is a chemical compound of calcium and chlorine. ...

The company was originally formed in 1873 by John Brunner and Ludwig Mond. They built Winnington Works in Northwich, Cheshire and produced their first soda ash in 1874. In 1924 Brunner Mond acquired the Magadi Soda Company of Kenya and in 1926 Brunner Mond merged with three other British chemical companies to form Imperial Chemical Industries, an organisation that grew to become one of the world's largest and most successful companies. 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Dr Ludwig Mond (born March 7, 1839, Kassel; died December 11, 1909, London) was an important German-born British chemist and industrialist. ... Winnington is small, mainly residential area of the town of Northwich in Cheshire, England. ... Arms of Northwich Town Council Statistics Population: 19,259 (2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SJ651733 Administration District: Vale Royal Shire county: Cheshire Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Cheshire Historic county: Cheshire Services Police force: Cheshire Fire and rescue: Cheshire Ambulance... The Cheshire Plain - photo taken adjacent to Beeston Castle The Cheshire Plain - photo taken towards Merseyside The Cheshire Plain panorama - photo taken from Mid-Cheshire Ridge Cattle farming in the county Black-and-white timbered buildings on Nantwich High Street Cheshire (or, archaically, the County of Chester)[1] is a... Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) is a British chemical group and one of the largest chemical producers in the world. ...

During the early 20th century the company built managers' and workers' houses in nearby Hartford^[1]. When used by itself in a sentence, the term Hartford can refer to one of several places in the United States. ...

In 1991 Brunner Mond Holdings Limited was formed by the break-off of the UK and Kenyan soda ash businesses from ICI. This saw the recreation of the original Brunner Mond as an independent company. In 1998 the company acquired the soda ash production capabilities of Akzo Nobel in The Netherlands to form Brunner Mond B.V., now a wholly owned subsidiary company of the group. Akzo Nobel is a multinational company, active in the fields of healthcare products, coatings and chemicals. ... Motto: Je Maintiendrai (Dutch: Ik zal handhaven, English: I Shall Uphold) Anthem: Wilhelmus van Nassouwe Capital Amsterdam1 Largest city Amsterdam Official language(s) Dutch2 Government Parliamentary democracy Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Beatrix  - Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende Independence Eighty Years War   - Declared July 26, 1581   - Recognised January 30, 1648 (by Spain...

In 2006 the Brunner Mond Group was purchased by Tata Chemicals Limited.

See also

• Solvay process
• Silvertown explosion

Chemistry The Solvay process calcium carbonate: CaCO3 → CO2 + CaO The solid sodium bicarbonate is then filtered out and converted to sodium carbonate by heating it, recovering some carbon dioxide in the process: 2 NaHCO3 → Na2CO3 + H2O + CO2 Meanwhile, ammonia is recovered from the ammonium chloride byproduct by treating the ammonium... The Silvertown explosion occurred in Silvertown in West Ham, Essex (now Greater London) on Friday, 19 January 1917 at 18. ...

External links

• Brunner Mond website

References

1. ^ Hartford Village Design Statement. Vale Royal Borough Council. Retrieved on 2007 February 20.