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• Sodium hydroxideCompared with: It is a milder alkaline sodium compound often used where sodium hydroxide is too caustic.

• Sodium bicarbonateCompared with: Heating sodium bicarbonate forms sodium carbonate, which is more alkaline and contains no bicarbonate ion.

• Potassium hydroxideCompared with: It provides alkalinity in cleaning and manufacturing without being a caustic hydroxide.

• Baking sodaCompared with: It is chemically related to bicarbonate but more alkaline and unsuitable as a direct food substitute.

• Laundry detergentRelated: It can raise wash-water alkalinity and help manage hardness in some detergent formulas.

• Soda–lime glassRelated: It supplies soda, which lowers the temperature needed to melt silica.

• BoraxCompared with: It is another alkaline cleaning and glassmaking ingredient, but contains carbonate rather than borate.

• BleachRelated: Washing soda boosts alkalinity and cleaning in some oxygen-bleach formulations.

• Sodium oxideCompared with: It is a stable, common sodium compound often used where sodium oxide itself is impractical.

• Sodium sulfateCompared with: It is another major industrial sodium salt, but contains carbonate rather than sulfate.

• Ammonium carbonateCompared with: It shares the carbonate ion but lacks ammonium's volatile, heat-sensitive cation.

• Sodium silicateCompared with: It can supply sodium in glassmaking but contains no silicon–oxygen network.

• Trisodium phosphateCompared with: It can serve as a detergent builder without adding phosphate to wastewater.

• LyeCompared with: It is a weaker alkali often used where lye’s causticity is unnecessary.

• Sodium metasilicateCompared with: It provides alkalinity in cleaners without supplying silicate ions.

• Sodium oxalateCompared with: It is a familiar alternative primary standard, used chiefly to standardize acids rather than permanganate.