United States has also tended to increase, whereas the production of calcined salt cake, the principal form in which sodium sulphate enters trade, has tended to decrease, as will be explained more fully later. ... position, sodium sulphate (Na2S04), 44.1 per cent; water (H20), 55.9 per cent. Crystals monoclinic: Axial ratio, a:6:c = 1.1158:l:Web