Trona

[trәunә]

Definition

(n.) A native double salt, consisting of a combination of neutral and acid sodium carbonate, Na2CO3.2HNaCO3.2H2O, occurring as a white crystalline fibrous deposit from certain soda brine springs and lakes; -- called also urao, and by the ancients nitrum.

Typist: Rowland

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Sesqui-carbonate of soda (native).

Typed by Anatole

Definition

n. the native soda of Egypt a grayish hydrous sodium carbonate.

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