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Natron is white to colorless when pure, varying to gray or yellow with impurities. Natron deposits occur naturally as a part of saline lake beds in arid environments.
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Chemical used to perserve bodies?
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Chemicals used to preserve mummies?
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How has natron been used?
In ancient Egypt they used natron to dry out the mummies. Natron was what they put on the mummies skin for 40 days so that the body wouldn't rot.
What is a natron?
Natron is a mixture of sodium carbonate decahydrate and around 17% sodium bicarbonate with small amounts of sodium chloride and sodium sulfate. Natron is naturally occurring.
What does natron salt accomplish?
Natron is a salty chemical found near Cairo, Wadi-Natron, and south of Thebes. Egyptians used natron to embalm the body which took 70 days. Embalmers used natron to preserve the dead body and their organs. The bodies were placed in natron and embalmers packed the inside of the body with natron. This was to dry out the body and preserve it for the afterlife. Embalmers may have reused the natron. Ancient Egyptians had to preserve the body because they believed that if the body decayed the person's seven spirits would be lost forever and the spirit would never pass to the afterlife. Therefore, natron played an important role in the mummification process.
How is natron made?
natron is made of baking soda and salt , in fact it was used for the mummification process
How is natron used juring mummification?
Natron crystals were used so the body didn't rot.
What two chemicals are found in natron?
Soda ash and cubic-saltpeter are the chemicals found in natron (mixture of sodium carbonate decahydrate and sodium bicarbonate).
Egyptian chemical used to preserve bodies?
Natron, is was a type of salt used to dry out the body.
If Egyptian mummies were covered entirely in natron how did they take it out after the 40 days?
they just dumped the natron off
What does natron do?
natron presirves the body and is only found in dessert lakes. natron is a big part in mummification because the body needs to be small to wrap. -isaiah Williams Stanley middle school.
What is the lake natron?
Lake Natron is an alkali endorheic salt lake of tectonic origin present in northern Tanzania.
