Soda ash Light (CAS No.:  497-19-8 )

  Other Name: Sodium carbonate; Soda
CAS RN.: 497-19-8
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Soda, sodium carbonate also, a light, white, granular water-soluble solid, is an important basic chemistry material which can be used in various industries such as glass, building materials, cleansing, pharmacy, petroleum, metallurgy and foodstuff industries. When dissolved in the water, soda turns out to be one kind of alkalescence liquid which can be used as neutralizer, cleanser and degreaser.
Basic information
Density:2.53g/cm³
WaterSolubility:22 g/100 mL (20 °C)
Formula:Na2CO3
MeltingPoint:851
HazardSymbols:Xn Xi
FlashPoint:169.8°C
MolecularWeight:105.99
BoilingPoint:1600 °C
ChemUse:Glass manufacture, chemicals, pulp and paper manufacture, sodium compounds, soaps and detergents, water treatment, aluminum production, textile processing, cleaning preparations, petroleum refining, sealing ponds from leakage (sodium ions bind to clay particles, which swell to seal leaks), catalyst in coal liquefaction.