How to Use sodium carbonate in a Sentence

sodium carbonate

noun

• Shotaro Uchida prepares a mix of water, sodium carbonate and sea salt to make ramen dough.
  — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2022
• Sachs says to fill a bathtub with hot water and add a quarter-cup of borax, a quarter-cup of washing soda (a.k.a. sodium carbonate) and a half-cup of detergent.
  — Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2021
• The proportion of magnesia in inlays and window glass from Samarra’s palaces suggests plant ash, rather than natron, as the source of sodium carbonate in the glassmaking process.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 31 Aug. 2018
• This stuff works with pretty much all washing machines, getting rid of odors and mildews with tablets of sodium percarbonate and sodium carbonate.
  — Billy Cadden, Popular Science, 21 Mar. 2018
• The hours-long process begins by mixing water, sea salt and sodium carbonate, or kansui, which makes ramen noodles alkaline and gives them their springy texture.
  — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2022
• How changing the pH – adding alkaline salt, such as sodium carbonate, could completely alter the structure of pasta or noodles.
  — Science & Food, Discover Magazine, 12 Mar. 2013
• Upon reaching the surface, the water rapidly boiled away in the near-vacuum conditions, leaving behind the sodium carbonate and other salts.
  — Scott Hershberger, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2020
• Researchers believe the bright spots are highly reflective sodium carbonate crusts, which were left behind when salty liquid emerged on the surface and evaporated.
  — Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2022
• The process itself is rather lengthy: Towels and sheets sit in a tub of hot water, borax, washing soda (sodium carbonate) and laundry detergent until the water has cooled completely, about four to five hours in total.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 15 Apr. 2022
• The process itself is rather lengthy: Towels and sheets sit in a tub of hot water, borax, washing soda (sodium carbonate), and laundry detergent until the water has cooled completely, about four to five hours in total.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 19 Aug. 2020
• Drinking glasses may be much simpler to make—requiring not much more than sand and sodium carbonate plus some relatively basic machinery—but China is not about to stop there.
  — The Economist, 7 Nov. 2020
• The laundry stripping recipe involves adding borax, washing soda (sodium carbonate — not baking soda) and laundry detergent in a 1:1:2 ratio.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 15 Apr. 2022
• Along with the sodium carbonate, the ceramic support contains a conducting material such as carbon nanotubes.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2022
• Look for detergents that contain ingredients like sodium carbonate or sodium citrate, which are known to be effective at softening water.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2023
• Instead, they are made with natural ingredients like baking soda, sodium carbonate, and pure essential oils.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2023
• These eye-catching characteristics were discovered to be sodium carbonate, or a compound including oxygen, carbon and sodium.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 11 Aug. 2020
• The site produces materials such as boric acid, sodium carbonate, sodium sulfate and several specialty forms of borax used in soaps and other industrial materials.
  — Alejandra Reyes-Velarde, latimes.com, 5 July 2019
• The main ingredient is sodium percarbonate, a combination of sodium carbonate — also known as washing soda (a laundry aid) — and hydrogen peroxide.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2019
• Alternatively, dishwasher detergents that contain ingredients such as citric acid, sodium carbonate, and sodium bicarbonate can help reduce the risk of etching by neutralizing the alkaline effects of hard water.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 21 Sep 2024