CIVILIZATION
EGYPTIAN
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Question
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The special type of salt was called as
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Nitron
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Natron
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Netron
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Natron is also the mineralogical name for the compound sodium carbonate decahydrate (Na2CO3·10H2O), which is the main component in historical natron. Sodium carbonate decahydrate has a specific gravity of 1.42 to 1.47 and a Mohs hardness of 1.
Detailed explanation-2: -Etymology. The English word natron is a French cognate that came from the Spanish natrón through Greek nitron, which came from the Ancient Egyptian word netjeri, meaning natron. The modern chemical symbol for sodium, Na, is an abbreviation of that element’s New Latin name natrium, which came from natron.
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