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Sodium carbonate is commonly known as:
  1. baking soda
  2. washing soda
  3. chalk
  4. plaster of paris

A
chalk
B
baking soda
C
washing soda
D
plaster of paris
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Sodium carbonate or washing soda has a hydrous form and an anhydrous form. Hydrous form is when sodium carbonate has some water molecules attached to it (formula is Na2CO3.10H2O). Anhydrous sodium carbonate does not have water molecules attached to it (Na2CO3 only).

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