soda ash

noun

, Chemistry.

soda ash

First recorded in 1830–40

The cheapest and most universally used for this purpose are soda ash and caustic soda.

Into these boilers the chips are raked, and a solution of lime and soda ash is poured over them.

If the alkali be soda-ash of 40 per cent., half the weight will of course suffice.

The purification of these balls, either into a dry white soda-ash or into crystals.

The ingredients in alkaline glazes are soda-ash, whiting, feldspar, flint and oxide of tin.

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