The Sodium Carbonate/ Soda Ash also known as washing soda is sodium salt of carbonic acid. Mahalaxmi Group of Companies supplies Sodium Carbonate/ Soda Ash. Mahalaxmi Group of Companies offers assorted ranges of chemical and petrochemical products. The Sodium Carbonate/ Soda Ash most commonly occur as a crystalline heptahydrate, which readily effloresces to form a white powder, the monohydrate. It has a cooling alkaline taste, and can be extracted from the ashes of many plants. It is synthetically produced in large quantities from table salt in a process known as the Solvay process.
Properties of Sodium Carbonate/ Soda Ash are:
- Molecular formula: Na2CO3
- Molar mass: 105.99 g/mol
- Appearance: White solid
- Density: 2.5 g/cm3, solid
- Melting point: 851 Degree C
- Boiling point: decomposes
- Solubility in water: 30 g/100 ml [20 Degree C]
- Basicity [pKb]: 3.67
- pKa1 = 6.35 pKa2 = 10.33
