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You don't need to buy most things for your laundry (lemm.ee)
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[-] wieson@feddit.org 11 points 4 months ago

baking soda

washing soda

I think it's a chemical reaction that dislodges the Hydrogen from the molecule. OP said "until the water evaporates". Seems to check out with the formula.

[-] budget_biochemist@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 months ago

Also the "extra" carbonate group is dislodged as carbon dioxide:

2 NaHCO~3~ (baking soda) → Na~2~CO~3~ (washing soda) + H~2~O + CO~2~

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