Talk:Sodium carbonate

message: The infobox gives the solubility data for various hydrates as 
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The labels seem to say that the values are grams of various hydrates that will dissolve into 100 mL of water.  However, comparing with the solubility chart in this Solvay US Inc document (after converting from mass percentage to g/dL) and another couple of sources, it seems that all the values are grams of anhydrous .  What those labels actually say is which hydrate would crystallize at those temperatures. Moreover, the point "50.31 (29.9 °C)" seems to have the correct amount (the maximum solubility) but this page gives the temperature as 35.37 °C, quoting a 1907 paper.  Also, the values for temperatures above that maximum seem to be slightly lower than what can be read from the Solvay chart.Here is the table as I read from that chart:
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However, I read out these values visually from Solvay's chart and did the conversions myself; and I cannot now check the most authoritative sources. Therefore, I will only fix the labels and remove the bad point for now, and wait in case someone has more reliable data.--Jorge Stolfi (talk) 21:35, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect solubility data? 

message: The paragraph ends weirdly: "For the complete sequence of tests used for qualitative cation analysis." It seems like they were going to mention or link to something. -- PaulxSA (talk) 12:49, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sodium carbonate test 

message: The following was removed today.  Reinsert it if you think I erred.  Just seems pretty niche.--Smokefoot (talk) 21:32, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Very niche-y apps

message: Step 1: turn Sodium carbonate to sodium silicate   adding Silicium dioxide powder.
Step2:  rinse solution through Fayalit Fe2SiO4 powder. or chemically optimal, FeSiO3. 
It forms  wilkinsonite Na2Fe6Si6O20 and  AEGIRINE NaFeSi2O6 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegirine
Soda lakes are deadlands.   
Feyalite sands is common orange  color sands available by density separation occurring in ferrosol etc. 
then just add  quartz sands powder. 
You can also make Feyalite from ferrosol and quartz. 
of course chemical Quartz powder and FeSiO3 is the best Wikistallion (talk) 06:38, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  precipitate soluble Sodiumcarbonate 

message: I am baffled as to how to understand the section "Inexpensive, weak base" because it begins "Sodium carbonate is also used as a relatively strong base in various fields." Can anyone help to explain how to reconcile the seeming contradiction of weak and strong? Czrisher (talk) 13:19, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi  In chemistry, an officially "weak" or "strong" base or acid is an indication of how much the substance dissociates into ions in solution. For example, sodium hydroxide (NaOH), also known as lye, is a "strong" base because, when dissolved into water, the NaOH completely splits into Na+ and OH- ions that float around separately in the water. There is no actual NaOH as a whole anywhere the solution, just the ions the NaOH has split into. On the other hand, carbonic acid (H2CO3) is a "weak" acid because, when dissolved in water, only a fraction of the carbonic acid splits into H+ and CO32- ions, while the rest stays as undivided H2CO3 that floats around in the water. Because sodium carbonate is the result of these two chemicals reacting with each other, and because sodium hydroxide is "strong" and carbonic acid is "weak", sodium carbonate behaves like a "weak" base in solution, but in comparison to other "weak" bases, the ratio of split ions to whole sodium carbonate is much greater which increases its ability to carry out reactions, but it's not a "strong" base because there is still sodium carbonate floating around in the solution. You might say it's a "relatively strong" base, but not an actual "strong" base. I know that might be a little confusing, so if you have any further questions, feel free to ask and I'll try to help. You may also find this article useful. Matt18224 (talk) 16:34, 18 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Strong or Weak Base? 

message: Can someone add this image (Space-filling model of sodium carbonate)
--Huzaifa abedeen (talk) 15:15, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: The image was removed on  24 December 2018 by  User:Smokefoot. Why did you removed it Smokefoot? Please add the image. Huzaifa abedeen (talk) 15:24, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I dont think that this image conveys any information or insights.  --Smokefoot (talk) 18:07, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Wikipedia articles are boring without images. Most chemical compounds are have space-filling models image. For example, Sodium chloride, Sodium hydroxide, etc. are having space-filling model images.  Huzaifa abedeen (talk) 08:54, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requesting to add an image 

message: What is the source for the pKa in this article? I've searched all the databases and I can't find it. This https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/compound_report_card/CHEMBL186314/ database leaves it blank. Please help! --HighFlyingFish (talk) 01:12, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Found it here ! Going to add the reference. --HighFlyingFish (talk) 01:16, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source for pKa? 

message: While researching washing soda, in particular its cleaning mechanism, I only found saponification on this Wikipedia page, with other sources explaining the effect by washing soda binding with mineral cations (Mg or Ca) and thus improving other detergents' effect. 
Citation is needed for the saponification claim. BratwurstBaron (talk) 20:35, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Washing soda and its cleaning effect