sodium carbonate

noun

: a sodium salt of carbonic acid used especially in making soaps and chemicals, in water softening, in cleaning and bleaching, and in photography: such as
a
: a hygroscopic crystalline anhydrous strongly alkaline salt Na2CO3
b
: the transparent crystalline hydrate Na2CO3·10H2O found in nature as natron

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These include sodium carbonate, ferrous, sodium hydrogen, sulfur, salt and hydrogen sulfide springs. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024 Baking soda water only contains significant amounts of sodium and ash or sodium carbonate. Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Rdn, Ld, Health, 9 Sep. 2024 And in 2022, Matthew Kanan, a chemist at Stanford University and his colleagues reported in Cell Reports Physical Science that potassium and sodium carbonate catalysts efficiently convert CO2 and hydrogen gas to CO, a reaction more directly related to the new molybdenum catalyst. Robert F. Service, science.org, 2 May 2024 Ancient Egyptians made the deep and bright blue color with sand, sodium carbonate, or ash and mixed it with copper minerals or pieces of bronze. Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023 See all Example Sentences for sodium carbonate 

Word History

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sodium carbonate was in 1868

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“Sodium carbonate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sodium%20carbonate. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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sodium carbonate

noun
: a sodium salt used especially in making soaps and chemicals, in water softening, in cleaning and bleaching, and in photography

Medical Definition

sodium carbonate

noun
: 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

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