NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Carbonatation

Carbonatation is the process used in the production of sugar crystals from sugar beets, whereby raw beet juice is mingled with milk of lime and carbon dioxide gas in carbonation tanks. The carbon dioxide bubbles through the mixture forming calcium carbonate. The non-sugar particles attach themselves to the calcium carbonate and settle to the bottom of the tanks.

External Links

Sugar Process at the Crystal Sugar website (http://www.crystalsugar.com/products/products6.sprocess.asp)
How Beet Sugar is Made (http://www.sucrose.com/lbeet.html)

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Carbonatation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (560 words)
	Carbonatation is a chemical reaction where calcium hydroxide reacts with carbon dioxide and forms insoluble calcium carbonate:
	Since carbonatation causes a lower pH (acidic) this may lead to corrosion of the steel reinforcing rods and damage to the construction.
	The carbonatation process is used in the production of sugar from sugar beet, It is the introduction of milk of lime (calcium hydroxide suspension) and carbon dioxide enriched gas into the "raw juice", the sugar rich liquid prepared from the diffusion stage of the process, to form calcium carbonate and to precipitate and remove impurities.

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