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You don't need to buy most things for your laundry (lemm.ee)

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Baking soda is NaHCO~3~ , Washing soda is Na~2~CO~3~

Baking soda is (incorrectly) called "Bicarb" because there is twice as much Carbonate (CO~3~) per Sodium (Na). Heating it causes some to be released as water and carbon dioxide:

2 NaHCO~3~ → Na~2~CO~3~ + H~2~O + CO~2~

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Awesome! I wouldn't call this "releasing moisture" though which, to me, implies a physical change. It's straight up providing the activation energy for a chemical decomposition.

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