Sodium carbonate is known by the common name of .

washing soda

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baking soda

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caustic soda

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Solution

The correct option is A washing soda
The common name of sodium carbonate( $N a_{2} C O_{3}$ ) is washing soda.
One common source of washing soda is the ashes of burned plants; for this reason, it is sometimes called soda ash.

The common names of $N a H C O_{3}$ and $N a O H$ are baking soda and caustic soda respectively.

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(a) What is the common name of sodium hydrogen carbonate?

(b) What happens when a solution of sodium hydrogen carbonate is heated? Write equation of the reaction involved.

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