Soda ash is an odorless, white powder. It is stable, not toxic or explosive or flammable. 

Soda Ash is also known as Sodium carbonate. Soda Ash’s chemical formula is Na₂CO₃.It is white, water-soluble salt.

Uses :

Soda Ash is used in the manufacture of glass, paper, rayon, soaps, and detergents. It is also used to soften water

• It is used for the production of chemicals such as sodium silicate, sodium bicarbonate and percarbonate, and sodium chromate and dichromate,
• Pulp and paper manufacture, water treatment, effluent treatment, metallurgy and drugs.