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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In chem., a compound containing 10 molecules of water, as crystallized sodium sulphate. Na2SO4.10H2O.
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- n. chemistry A hydrate whose solid contains ten molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell.
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“Sodium sulfate decahydrate, Na2SO4. 10H2O; also called mirabilite; used in medicine as a mild laxative.”
“Sodium tetraborate decahydrate, or borax, is a mineral found in evaporated saline lake”
“Sodium tetraborate decahydrate, or borax, is a mineral found in evaporated saline lake.”
“Sodium carbonate has three known forms of hydrates: sodium carbonate decahydrate (natron), sodium carbonate heptahydrate (not known in mineral form) and sodium carbonate monohydrate (mineral thermonatrite).”
“Sodium carbonate decahydrate, Na 2 CO 3 ยท10H 2 O, is a colorless, transparent crystalline compound commonly called sal soda or washing soda.”
“Deposits of the mineral natron, natural sodium carbonate decahydrate, have been mined from dry lake bottoms in Egypt since ancient times, when natron was used in the preparation of mummies and in the early manufacture of glass.”
“9.6.3 Sodium carbonate monohydrate/decahydrate 361”
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