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- Manufacturing
- Detergents: A filler in powdered laundry detergents
- Glass: A fining agent that removes air bubbles from molten glass
- Paper: A key component in the Kraft process for making paper pulp
- Textiles: Used in the manufacturing of textiles
- Medicine
- Laxative: Glauber’s salt, the decahydrate form of sodium sulfate, is used as a laxative
- Bowel cleansing: Used to cleanse the bowels before colonoscopy or X-ray exams
- In laboratories, as an inert drying agent to remove water from organic solutions
- Sodium sulfate is a white, odorless, water-soluble powder
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