Uthuthu lwesoda sesinye sezixhobo ezisisiseko kushishino lweekhemikhali, ikakhulu ezisetyenziselwa isinyithi, iglasi, i-textile, ushicilelo lwedayi, iyeza, i-synthetic detergent, i-petroleum kunye neshishini lokutya njl.
1. Igama: Uthuthu lwesoda lushinyene
2. Ifomula yemolekyuli: Na2CO3
3. Ubunzima bemolekyuli: 106
4. Ipropathi yoMzimba: incasa ye-Astringent;ukuxinana kwe-2.532;indawo yokunyibilika 851 °C;ukunyibilika 21g 20 °C.
5. Iimpawu zeMichiza: Uzinzo olomeleleyo, kodwa luyakwazi ukubola kwiqondo lokushisa eliphezulu ukuvelisa i-sodium oxide kunye ne-carbon dioxide.Ukufunxa okuqinileyo komswakama, kulula ukwenza i-lump, musa ukubola kumaqondo aphezulu.
6. Ukunyibilika: ukunyibilika emanzini, ukunyibilika kancinane kwi-ethanol, akunyibiliki etywaleni.
7. Ukubonakala: Umgubo omhlophe