What’s the difference between baking powder and baking soda? It’s subtle, but significant
If you really need a substitution, the general rule is that you need three times the baking powder for the equivalent ...
Soda ash-maker GHCL eyes greater share in India’s solar glass market
GHCL is investing ₹3,500 crore in a new soda ash plant in Gujarat, which could help it meet rising demand for the chemical ...
I Just Learned Where Digestives Got Their Name From, And It Makes So Much Sense
However, this logic was later refuted as after undergoing cooking, sodium carbonate loses digestive healing properties but ...
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Lesson 3.3 - Forming a Precipitate
Make sure you and your students wear properly fitting safety goggles. Do not handle solid sodium carbonate with bare hands. Sodium carbonate may cause skin and serious eye irritation. Sodium carbonate ...
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Biochemist shares easy three-ingredient recipe for homemade dishwasher detergent: 'Finally something that works'
To make this septic-safe detergent, you'll need two cups of sodium carbonate, two cups of sodium percarbonate, and one cup of ...
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Lesson 4.1 - Conservation of Mass
As a demonstration, students will observe that a precipitate forms in a reaction between solutions of magnesium sulfate and sodium carbonate, and that the mass of the products is the same as the mass ...
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Softening hard water
Hard water can be softened by adding sodium carbonate (washing soda) or by passing the water through an ion-exchange column. Sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3, is also known as washing soda. It can ...