Umlotha wesoda ungenye yezinto eziyisisekelo embonini yamakhemikhali, esetshenziselwa ikakhulukazi i-metallurgy, ingilazi, indwangu, ukuphrinta udayi, umuthi, okokusula okokwenziwa, i-petroleum kanye nemboni yokudla njll.
1. Igama: Isoda umlotha ominyene
2. Ifomula yemolekyuli: Na2CO3
3. Isisindo sengqamuzana: 106
4. Impahla Engokomzimba: Ukunambitheka kwe-Astringent;ukuminyana okuhlobene okungu-2.532;ukuncibilika 851 °C;ukunyibilika 21g 20 °C.
5. Izakhiwo zamakhemikhali: Ukuzinza okuqinile, kodwa futhi kungabola ezingeni lokushisa eliphezulu ukuze kukhiqizwe i-sodium oxide ne-carbon dioxide.Ukumuncwa okunamandla komswakama, kulula ukwenza isigaxa, ungaboli emazingeni okushisa aphezulu.
6. Ukuncibilika: kuncibilika emanzini, kuncibilika kancane ku-ethanol, okungancibiliki otshwaleni.
7. Ukubukeka: Impushana emhlophe