Description
Description
Technical-grade sodium carbonate (Na₂CO₃), also known as soda ash or washing soda. This alkaline salt is a white powder that reaches a pH of around 11 in solution, so it degreases, softens hard water and removes limescale and built-up dirt. It is the base of many homemade and professional detergents and cleaners.
Features
- Ingredient: Sodium Carbonate. Formula: Na₂CO₃.
- Technical grade, produced industrially by the Solvay process from salt and limestone.
- Form: crystalline powder, white, odourless.
- pH in solution: ~11.
- Solubility: soluble in water, insoluble in alcohol.
- Functions: degreaser, hard-water softener, limescale remover and booster for other ingredients.
Recommended uses
- Household: homemade detergents, stain removers, degreasers, hard surfaces, bathroom limescale and basic drain unblocking.
- Industry: soap and detergent manufacturing, glass, water treatment, metallurgy and other chemical compounds.
- For cleaning product manufacturers and professional users.
Tips for use
- All-purpose cleaner: 50 g of sodium carbonate in 3.5 L of hot water, for non-porous surfaces.
- Homemade stain remover: 80 g of active oxygen, 40 g of sodium carbonate and 10 g of citric acid.
- Alkaline product: work in ventilated areas, avoid inhaling the powder and wear gloves and eye protection. Do not use on aluminium or sensitive surfaces.
- Storage: tightly closed in a cool, dry place. It absorbs moisture from the air and may partly turn into bicarbonate.
- For technical/professional use, do not ingest.
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