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    Description Have you experienced heartburn? Do you like cooking and baking? Have you encountered stubborn stains? If you answered yes to any of these, then sodium bicarbonate is your friend. In this lesson, we will discuss sodium bicarbonate and its many uses. !!!What is Sodium Bicarbonate? Sodium bicarbonate, commonly known as ‘’baking soda’’, is a staple in the kitchen. It is a must-have ingredient if you love baking cookies and other sweets. It is also very useful in deodorizing your shoes and your refrigerator. You will find this very useful and affordable ingredient in the baking isle of the grocery store as baking soda. Its chemical formula is also shown below: Baking Soda = Sodium Bicarbonate Chemical Formula: NaHCO3 __Sodium bicarbonate__ is a compound that has the formula NaHCO3. It is commonly known as ‘’baking soda, bread soda, bicarbonate of soda and cooking soda’’. It physical appearance is usually a white, odorless, fine powder, and has alkaline or basic properties. It dissolves in water, so it is ‘’water-soluble’’ and it is a non-flammable. Its formula consists of one sodium (Na) atom, one hydrogen (H) atom, one carbon (C) atom and three oxygen (O) atoms. Its chemical structure is: Chemical Structure of Sodium Bicarbonate !!!Uses of Sodium Bicarbonate Sodium bicarbonate has many uses: cooking, medicine and hygiene among other things. In this section, we will discuss the common uses of sodium bicarbonate. !!Home and Kitchen Sodium…

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    The god Anubis was the one who made something of the desert. Egypt is surrounded by the red land, also know as the desert. Luckily the Nile river flows through Egypt bringing them food and water. The Nile was important but, the hot desert provided Natron salt, which helped preserve goods and even the dead. Once the Egyptians learned that, believing in Afterlife began. The Ancient Egyptians adapted to their environment by evolving new beliefs and techniques to deal with death.…

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    would cut a slice on the left side of the body to remove the intestines, lungs, liver and stomach. After the removal of the internal organs they were then placed in special jars called canonic jars. The ancient Egyptians believed that these organs were needed in the afterlife. One internal organ that was left within the body was the heart. The heart was believed to be the center of a persons soul, thus left within the body. The next step in the process of mummification was to erase the moisture…

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    Mummification is when the skin and the flesh of a coarse is preserved. Some mummies would be kept wet, most are frozen, and some are dehydrated. The operation could either be naturally or intentionally. If it happens naturally, it is the result of acid, or just dryness. The Egyptian mummies are intentionally made because of the drying of the body. By taking out all the moisture, you have removed all decay. By using a salt mixture called Natron they dry the body. Natron is a legitimate substance…

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    procedure to pray for the deceased and wish them a merry and grateful afterlife. There were seven major steps used in this intricate procedure: 1) First the body of the deceased would be washed with natron near a source of water (most likely the Nile). 2) Next they would have to remove the internal organs, first the brain. It would be taken out by use of long metal hooks pushed through the nostrils and pulled out in pieces. Since the brain was considered useless in the afterlife, it would just…

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    Mummification= first the body was washed and purified . They purified the body because for it not to rot .second, they remove the internal organs except the heart . They believed that the heart hold the solo ,the priest filled the body with stuffing then they dried the body out and placed the body in Natron in about 40-50 days they remove the body from the natron and replace the old stuffing with new stuffing made out of saw dust . The body was rapped in layers of linen . After the mummy was…

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    The early Egyptian were very much concerned with the afterlife so they invented mummification in which ones body was preserved for the afterlife. They thought that the body should be in its original state and recognizable for one afterlife as they body should be possessed again by the soul of the departed. A proper procedure was introduce for preserving the bodies consisting of two steps embalming and wrapping. In “Embalming” the body was washed with the water of the Nile and a good smelling…

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    performing these ceremonies. This action is done in respect to Anubis, the god of embalming. Anubis will be always watching, Just as he did with the embalming of Osiris after he was killed by Seth. Embalming First, you must put the body into the tent best known as ‘ibu’ or its literal meaning, ‘place of purification’. An embalmer will treat the bodies with natron and oils to help the body maintain a ‘lively’ look. The embalmers will then wash his body with good-smelling palm wine and then rinse…

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    left side near the stomach was made to remove all of the internal organs. After the internal organs were dried, everything except the heart was put into canopic jars; the heart was placed back inside of the body. The canopic jars each had a different lid which depicted a different being that guarded an organ. Imsety, which was just a normal human head, guarded the liver. Qebhesneuf, represented with a falcon, looked after the intestines. Hapy safeguarded the lungs and was portrayed as a baboon.…

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    I’m writing about a dirty job of mummification.I think the dirty job of mummification is when they pull out the insides and when they put the body in salt. First of all, a dirty job of mummification is taking the organs out because they pull their lungs,liver,and intestines i know this because in 4th paragraph it states, “the dead person’s lungs,liver,stomach,and intestines.The important organs were each out in their own little pots,called canopic jars.’’ This is one detail another detail is…

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