sodium carbonate

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Noun

sodium carbonate (countable and uncountable, plural sodium carbonates)

2. (chemistry) A salt, in the form of a white powder, Na₂CO₃, formally derived from sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid.

   Synonyms: salt of soda, soda ash, washing soda

   Hypernym: soda (elliptically synonymous in some contexts)

   Coordinate terms: sodium bicarbonate, baking soda, sodium percarbonate, oxygen bleach, sodium carbonate peroxide

Related terms

• carbonate
• soda
• sodium
• sodium bicarbonate
• sodium carbonate peroxide
• sodium percarbonate

Translations

Na₂CO₃

• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܢܝܛܪܘܿܢ (niṭrōn), ܢܸܬܪܵܐ (nitrā)

• Catalan: carbonat de sodi m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 碳酸鈉 / 碳酸钠 (zh) (tànsuānnà)

• Czech: uhličitan sodný m
• Finnish: natriumkarbonaatti, sooda (fi)
• German: Natriumcarbonat (de) n, Natriumkarbonat (de) n
• Greek: ανθρακικό νάτριο (el) n (anthrakikó nátrio), σόδα (el) f (sóda)

  Ancient Greek: νίτρον n (nítron)

• Hungarian: nátrium-karbonát (hu), szóda (hu)
• Irish: carbónáit sóidiam f
• Japanese: 炭酸ナトリウム (tansan-natoriumu), 炭酸ソーダ (tansan-sōda)
• Korean: 탄산 나트륨 (tansan nateuryum), 탄산 소다 (tansan soda)
• Latin: nitrum (la) f
• Polish: soda (pl) f, węglan sodu m inan
• Romanian: carbonat de sodiu m
• Russian: карбонат натрия (karbonat natrija)
• Thai: โซเดียมคาร์บอเนต (th)
• Turkish: sodyum karbonat (tr)