The chemical formula is Na2CO3 The product is widely used in everyday life and for gardening: cleaning tiles, porcelain and ceramics, descaling and disinfection, removing old deposits (paints, dirt and grease) from various surfaces, controlling garden pests, destroying weeds and increasing the yield of various crops. It is also used in the production of all types of glass, including: crystal, optical and medical glass, glass blocks, foam glass, soluble sodium silicate, ceramic tiles, frit components for glazes; ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy: for the production of lead, zinc, tungsten, strontium, chromium, for desulfurization and dephosphation of cast iron, in cleaning of exhaust gases, for neutralization of media.