Uses for Sodium
Sodium chloride is known as salt.
Sodium carbonate is known as washing soda.
Sodium bicarbonate is known as baking soda.
Sodium silicates are used as fillers for salt and in detergents.
Sodium hydroxide is used in the manufacture of paper, soap, rayon, in oil refining, and in the textile and rubber industries.
Sodium tetraborate is known as borax.
Sodium fluoride is used as an antibiotic, rat poison, and in ceramics.