SODIUM CARBONATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sodium carbonate mean? 

• SODIUM CARBONATE (noun)
  The noun SODIUM CARBONATE has 1 sense:

1. a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper

  Familiarity information: SODIUM CARBONATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SODIUM CARBONATE (noun)

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Meaning:

A sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

sal soda; soda; soda ash; sodium carbonate; washing soda

Hypernyms ("sodium carbonate" is a kind of...):

salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))

 Context examples 

The dominant mineral of this bright area is sodium carbonate, a kind of salt found on Earth in hydrothermal environments.

(Recent Hydrothermal Activity May Explain Ceres' Brightest Area, NASA)

A new study identified 12 sites rich in sodium carbonates and examined in detail several areas of a few square miles that show where water is present as part of the carbonate structure.

(NASA Dawn Reveals Recent Changes in Ceres' Surface, NASA)

Sodium carbonates, for example, dominate the bright regions in Occator Crater, and material of similar composition has been found at Oxo Crater and Ahuna Mons.

(NASA Dawn Reveals Recent Changes in Ceres' Surface, NASA)

Ammonia, in addition to sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate found at Occator, has been detected in the plumes of Enceladus, an icy moon of Saturn known for its geysers erupting from fissures in its surface.

(Recent Hydrothermal Activity May Explain Ceres' Brightest Area, NASA)