Skip to main content

trona

/troh-nuh/US // ˈtroʊ nə //UK // (ˈtrəʊnə) //

三那,三角洲,三角星,三元

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na2CO3⋅NaHCO3⋅2H2, occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.

Examples

  • In this way the American Trona Corporation is producing some 4500 tons of potash salts a month besides a thousand tons of borax.

  • A salt found native on the banks of the soda lakes of Sotrena, in Africa, whence it is exported as Trona.