soda ash

English

Etymology

So called because formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain other plants, such as saltwort, especially Soda inermis (syns. Salsola soda, Kali soda).

Noun

soda ash (uncountable)

1. Industrial-grade sodium carbonate.

Translations

sodium carbonate

• Catalan: sosa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 碱面

• Dutch: natriumcarbonaat (nl), soda (nl)
• Finnish: sooda (fi)
• French: carbonate de sodium (fr)
• German: Soda (de)
• Greek: τέφρα σόδας (el) (téfra sódas)

  Ancient: νίτρον n (nítron)

• Japanese: ソーダ灰 (sōda-hai)
• Latin: nitrum (la) n
• Romanian: sodă calcinată (ro) f, carbonat de sodiu anhidru m
• Swedish: kristallsoda c