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Preferred Name

Sodium Carbonate

Synonyms

Bisodium Carbonate

Washing Soda

Carbonic Acid, Disodium Salt

Sodium Carbonate

SODIUM CARBONATE

Soda Ash

Definitions

The disodium salt of carbonic acid with alkalinizing property. When dissolved in water, sodium carbonate forms carbonic acid and sodium hydroxide. As a strong base, sodium hydroxide neutralizes gastric acid thereby acting as an antacid.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C47721

CAS_Registry

497-19-8

CHEBI_ID

CHEBI:29377

Chemical_Formula

CO3.2Na

code

C47721

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C63923

Contributing_Source

FDA

DEFINITION

The disodium salt of carbonic acid with alkalinizing property. When dissolved in water, sodium carbonate forms carbonic acid and sodium hydroxide. As a strong base, sodium hydroxide neutralizes gastric acid thereby acting as an antacid.

FDA_UNII_Code

45P3261C7T

FULL_SYN

Bisodium Carbonate

Washing Soda

Carbonic Acid, Disodium Salt

Sodium Carbonate

SODIUM CARBONATE

Soda Ash

label

Sodium Carbonate

Legacy Concept Name

Sodium_Carbonate

NSC Number

156204

Preferred_Name

Sodium Carbonate

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C47721

Semantic_Type

Pharmacologic Substance

UMLS_CUI

C0074732

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C29730

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