Soda example sentences

Sodium salts of carboxylic acids on heating with soda lime (mixture of sodium hydroxide and calcium oxide) give alkanes containing one carbon atom less than the carboxylic acid.A common example of a base is washing soda used for washing purposes.This is how the soda water in bottle when left open to the air for some time, turns 'flat'.Alkynes show acidic nature, addition reactions and polymerisation reactions as follows : Sodium metal and sodamide (NaNH2) are strong bases.The soda water bottle is sealed under pressure of gas when its solubility in water is high.When a soda water bottle is opened, some of the carbon dioxide gas dissolved in it fizzes out rapidly.