# Help! What is karbonat natron?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-what-is-karbonat-natron/412526
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 20, 2007, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-what-is-karbonat-natron/412526 "2007-07-20T11:54:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2007, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-what-is-karbonat-natron/412526/21 "2007-07-21T01:19:03Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug]
What was it the “remedy” for? Low blood pressure? Soft arteries? :dubious:
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Bland french fries?
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### Author:  [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2007, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-what-is-karbonat-natron/412526/22 "2007-07-21T07:21:53Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor]
But no answers to Post # 17. :dubious:
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Because it didn’t deserve it? Dude, some folks got it, some folks ain’t. 😛
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### Author:  [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2007, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-what-is-karbonat-natron/412526/23 "2007-07-21T07:38:59Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor]
Is this the same “natron” used in the Egyptian mummification process?
If so, is it used in canning, & putting up preserves? 😃
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I can’t answer this definitively or authoritatively, but no, natron karbonat probably isn’t exactly the same chemical composition as [natron](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natron). You probably just have some run of the mill baking soda.
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