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sodium carbonate

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  1. sodium carbonate (noun)
  2. acid sodium carbonate (noun)

sodium carbonate

noun

Definition of SODIUM CARBONATE

: a sodium salt of carbonic acid used especially in making soaps and chemicals, in water softening, in cleaning and bleaching, and in photography: as a : a hygroscopic crystalline anhydrous strongly alkaline salt Na2CO3 b : the transparent crystalline hydrate Na2CO3ยท10H2O found in nature as natron
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1868

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