Minerals

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Soda \So"da\, n. [It., soda, in OIt., ashes used in making
     glass, fr. L. solida, fem. of solidus solid; solida having
     probably been a name of glasswort. See {Solid}.]
     1. (Chem.)
        (a) Sodium oxide or hydroxide.
        (b) Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. Sodium


            bicarbonate is also called {baking soda}
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. same as {sodium}, used in terms such as {bicarbonate of
        soda}.
        [PJC]
  
     3. same as {soda water}.
        [PJC]
  
     4. a non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means,
        containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon
        dioxide, so as to be effervescent when the container is
        opened; -- in different localities it is variously called
        also {soda pop}, {pop}, {mineral water}, and {minerals}.
        It has many variants. The sweetening agent may be natural,
        such as cane sugar or corn syrup, or artificial, such as
        saccharin or aspartame. The flavoring varies widely,
        popular variants being fruit or cola flavoring.
        [PJC]
  
     {Caustic soda}, sodium hydroxide.
  
     {Cooking soda}, sodium bicarbonate. [Colloq.]
  
     {Sal soda}. See {Sodium carbonate}, under {Sodium}.
  
     {Soda alum} (Min.), a mineral consisting of the hydrous
        sulphate of alumina and soda.
  
     {Soda ash}, crude sodium carbonate; -- so called because
        formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain
        other plants, as saltwort ({Salsola}). See under {Sodium}.
        
  
     {Soda fountain}, an apparatus for drawing soda water, fitted
        with delivery tube, faucets, etc.
  
     {Soda lye}, a lye consisting essentially of a solution of
        sodium hydroxide, used in soap making.
  
     {Soda niter}. See {Nitratine}.
  
     {Soda salts}, salts having sodium for the base; specifically,
        sodium sulphate or Glauber's salts.
  
     {Soda waste}, the waste material, consisting chiefly of
        calcium hydroxide and sulphide, which accumulates as a
        useless residue or side product in the ordinary Leblanc
        process of soda manufacture; -- called also {alkali
        waste}.
  
     {Washing soda}, sodium carbonate. [Colloq.]
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Soda pop \So"da pop\, n.
     a popular non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means,
     containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon dioxide,
     so as to be effervescent when the container is opened; -- in
     different localities it is variously called also {soda},
     {pop}, {mineral water}, and {minerals}. It has many variants.
     The sweetening agent may be natural, such as cane sugar or
     corn syrup, or artificial, such as saccharin or aspartame.
     The flavoring varies widely, popular variants being fruit
     juices, fruit sirups, cream, or cola flavoring; the soda pop
     is usually served chilled.
  
     Note: Several large corporations started primarily as
           bottlers of soda pop, such as {Coca-Cola},
           {Pepsi-Cola}, and {Dr. Pepper}.
           [PJC]