File:Solvay.svg

Summary
The figure illustrates the flow of reactants and products among the four principal chemical reactions involved in the Solvay process for the production of soda ash (Na2CO3) from limestone (CaCO3) and salt (NaCl) brine. Note that water (H2O) is not explicitly indicated as a reactant or product.

The image was created using Origin 7.0 (Originlab, Inc.). The image was exported as an encapsulated postscript file. Adobe Illustrator (v. 10) was then used to clean up the .eps file and to save it into .svg format.

Esthetically, the work of the artist Mark Lombardi may be the high water mark of the type of "network" graphic presented in this figure.