Glass, which has been made since the time of the Mesopotamians and Egyptians, is little more than a mixture of sand, soda ash and lime.

自从美索不达米亚和埃及时代以来，玻璃就已经被制造出来了，它只不过是沙子、苏打灰和石灰的混合物。

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The Tanzanian government has once again started mining the lake for soda ash, used for making chemicals, glass and detergents.

坦桑尼亚政府再次开始在湖中开采纯碱，用于制造化学品、玻璃和洗涤剂。

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The basic ingredients in glass, including silica sand and soda ash, are found almost everywhere.

玻璃的基本原料，包括硅砂和纯碱，几乎可以在任何地方找到。

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The French chemist Nicolas Leblanc discovered how to make soda ash from salt in the late eighteenth century.

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Dalmia also is taking advantage of India's new global outlook by buying soda-ash companies abroad, expanding a soda-ash business that's already India's third-biggest.

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Oh, and FMC owns a soda ash mine in Wyoming, digging the commodity (a.k.a. sodium carbonate) out of the ground at a fraction of the cost of manufactured soda ash.

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For an Indian company looking for a global play, a bet on soda ash looks smart.

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