Sodium carbonate, is the inorganic compound, the disodium salt of carbonic acid, has an alkalizing action. The chemical formula is Na2CO3. Carbonic acid and sodium hydroxide are formed when sodium carbonate is dissolved in water. Sodium hydroxide acts as an antacid by neutralizing gastric acid as a strong base.

Sodium carbonate has two sodium atoms, three oxygen atoms, and one carbon atom in each molecule. Each sodium cation has a positive charge, whereas the polyatomic carbonate anion has a negative charge. As a result, sodium carbonate is a neutrally charged molecule.

The following are some of the uses for sodium carbonate (Na2CO3).

• Detergents, soaps, and paper are all made with it.
• In the brick industry, it is used as a wetting agent.
• It’s utilised in toothpaste as an abrasive and foaming agent.
• Used as a pH adjuster.
• Sodium silicate, borax, sodium phosphate, and a variety of other salt compounds are all made with it.
• It is utilised as a water softener – carbonate precipitates hard water, which contains magnesium and calcium ions.
• As a standardisation reagent in the laboratory and as an analytical reagent.

The four procedures that can manufacture sodium carbonate are the Solvay process, Labnac process, Dual-process, and Electrolytic process. Because it is a weak acid, it is soluble in ethanol, but insoluble in alcohol. The use of Na2CO3 as a water softener is one of the most prevalent.

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