SODUIM hydroxide

Description

Or sodium water, cystic soda, strawberry, or caustic soda

Sodium hydroxide is a strong chemical compound with the chemical formula NaOH, also known as caustic soda. Sodium.

Sodium hydroxide is a white solid compound that comes in the form of white flakes, granules, or tablets, it has a soapy texture and has a caustic effect on the skin and dissolves easily in water and is an alkaline solution that interacts with dilute acids forming the sodium salt of acid and water. Acids and saponification reactions.

Sodium hydroxide is used in the chemical industry and has a strong alkaline characteristic

Sodium hydroxide was used widely in the manufacture of paper with sodium sulfide used to separate the substance (cellulose) used in the manufacture of paper from non-cellulosic materials.

Sodium hydroxide is used in making soap by adding sodium hydroxide to oils

Rayon industry

Purification of petroleum from acidic impurities

Alumina production

Paints scrub

Sodium hydroxide is used in detergents, for example, to neutralize sulfonic acid to reach PH = 7

For every 1 kilo of sulfonic acid we use, approximately 135 grams of cystic is needed