Caustic Soda

Caus­tic soda is the most pop­u­lar al­ka­li in the world. It is clas­si­fied in the group of strong chem­i­cal bases, as it com­plete­ly dis­so­ci­ates (dis­solves) in wa­ter. Common use of caustic soda in industry: All house­hold wash­ing agents, sham­poo and soap have a cer­tain amount of caus­tic soda added to them. It can be used in the man­u­fac­ture of pa­per, polyester fibre and card­board In aluminium man­u­fac­ture, caus­tic soda is added for pick­ling met­al. Caus­tic soda is reg­is­tered as a food ad­di­tive (code E – 524). It is used to make crunchy crusts. Soda so­lu­tions are used at food fac­to­ries as a very pow­er­ful wash­ing agent which breaks down fats. This com­po­nent must be used in peel­ing fruit. Sol­vents for un­block­ing pipes are also so­lu­tions of caus­tic soda. Biodiesel fuel (a dis­cov­ery in the field of ecol­o­gy) – caus­tic is need­ed as a cat­a­lyst Sodi­um hy­drox­ide is used for test­ing re­ac­tions at chem­i­cal plants It also has an in­ter­est­ing method of ap­pli­ca­tion in medicine – for burn­ing off skin growths; af­ter ap­pli­ca­tion a scab ap­pears.