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  2. Sodium carbonate - Wikipedia

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    Sodium carbonate (also known as washing soda, soda ash and soda crystals) is the inorganic compound with the formula Na 2 CO 3 and its various hydrates.All forms are white, odourless, water-soluble salts that yield alkaline solutions in water.

  3. Natron - Wikipedia

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    Natron's detergent properties are now commercially supplied by soda ash (pure sodium carbonate), the mixture's chief compound ingredient, along with other chemicals. Soda ash also replaced natron in glass-making. Some of its ancient household roles are also now filled by ordinary baking soda, which is sodium bicarbonate, natron's other key ...

  4. Solvay process - Wikipedia

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    The Solvay process or ammonia–soda process is the major industrial process for the production of sodium carbonate (soda ash, Na 2 CO 3). The ammonia–soda process was developed into its modern form by the Belgian chemist Ernest Solvay during the 1860s. [ 1 ]

  5. Surprising Uses for Common Household Items -- Savings Experiment

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    Repurposing common household items is good for the environment and your budget. For instance, you can disinfect your wood cutting board by scrubbing it with some coarse salt and a sliced lemon.

  6. 7 Surprising Uses for Baking Soda - AOL

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    Let’s chat baking soda. Chances are you probably have a box chilling in the back of your fridge. But the white stuff, otherwise known as sodium bicarbonate, can do so much more than just absorb ...

  7. Trona - Wikipedia

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    Trona is a common source of soda ash, which is a significant economic commodity because of its applications in manufacturing glass, chemicals, paper, detergents, and textiles. It is used to condition water. It is used to remove sulfur from both flue gases and lignite coals. [19] [20] It is a product of carbon sequestration of flue gases. [21]

  8. 15 Unusual Uses for Common Household Items

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    Check out the slideshow above to learn unusual uses for common household items. Related articles. AOL. The best Valentine’s Day chocolates, tested by AOL. AOL. The best Dutch ovens of 2025. AOL.

  9. Alkali soil - Wikipedia

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    The causes of soil alkalinity can be natural or man-made: The natural cause is the presence of soil minerals producing sodium carbonate (Na 2 CO 3) and sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO 3) upon weathering. Coal-fired boilers / power plants, when using coal or lignite rich in limestone, produce ash containing calcium oxide.