Appearance : It is a white, solid hygroscopic powder.

Chemical name : E500, Soda, soda crystal, soda ash,

Chemical Formula : Na2CO3

Packaging Type : 50 kg. in bags.

Properties : It is the sodium salt of carbonic acid. E500

Definition and Usage Areas:

Sodium carbonate (also known as washing soda, soda and soda crystals, and crystalline carbonate in monohydrate form such as Na 2 CO 3 ) is the water-soluble sodium salt of carbonic acid.

It is usually found as a crystalline decahydrate that is easily absorbed to form a white powder, monohydrate. Pure sodium carbonate is a hygroscopic (absorbs moisture from the air) white, odorless powder. It has a very alkaline taste and forms a moderately simple solution in water. Sodium carbonate is well known domestically for its daily use as a water softener. Historically, vegetation in the Middle East was mined from the ashes of plants grown in sodium-rich soils, such as semen from Scotland and seaweed from Spain. The ashes of these sodium-rich plants differed markedly from wood ashes (used to create potash), becoming known as "soda ash". [12] It is synthetically produced in large quantities from salt (sodium chloride) and limestone by a method known as the Solvay process.