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washing soda

Substance added to washing water to ‘soften’ hard water. The calcium and magnesium ions in hard water react with the carbonate ions from the sodium carbonate and a precipitate of calcium carbonate results.

Na₂CO_3(aq) + CaSO_4(aq) → CaCO_3(s) + Na₂SO_4(aq)

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