Soda ash can remove grease, soda ash dissolved in water alkaline, grease can be hydrolyzed into fatty acids and glycerol under alkaline conditions, these are soluble in water, so you can remove grease.

In general, as long as the price is low and non-toxic and non-polluting soluble in water, ordinary alkaline substances can be de-greased, but the alkaline to be more obvious. Soda ash is mainly used in the production of flat glass, glass products and ceramic glaze. It is also widely used in life washing, acid neutralization and food processing.

Soda ash binds protons (i.e., hydrogen ions) in water to produce bicarbonate and carbonic acid, and it binds protons in acids to release carbon dioxide. So sodium carbonate is a Bronsted base in the acid-base proton theory.

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Soda ash, as a very important chemical product, is widely used in the manufacture of glass, soap, textiles, paper, tanning and other industries. Soda ash is also used in the metallurgical industry as well as for water purification.

Soda ash can also be used in the manufacture of other sodium compounds. As early as the eighteenth century, it and sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, caustic soda and listed as a basic chemical raw materials - one of the three acids and two bases. In daily life, soda also has many uses, for example, it can be used directly as a detergent, adding some soda when steaming steamed bread can neutralize the acid produced during fermentation.

Soda ash is soluble in water and glycerin. 20 grams of sodium carbonate can be dissolved in every 100 grams of water at 20 degrees Celsius, 35.4 degrees Celsius when the maximum solubility of 100 grams of water can be dissolved in 49.7 grams of sodium carbonate, slightly soluble in anhydrous ethanol, difficult to dissolve in propanol.

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