Sodium Hydroxide, formula is NaOH, it is also called Caustic Soda. Sodium Hydroxide is a kind of alkali which has strong corrosivity. Normally it has flakes, pearls and solid shape, easily soluble in water (heating when soluble in water) and becomes alkation. Moreover, Sodium Hydroxide can easily absorb vapour in the air and carbone dioxide.
Product Specification:
Item | Specification | ||||
NaHO (Min. %) | Na2CO3 (Max. %) | NaCl (Max. %) | Fe2CO3 (Max. %) | Particle Size | |
Caustic Soda Flakes | 96 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 0.008 |
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99 | 0.5 | 0.03 | 0.005 |
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Caustic Soda Pearls | 96 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 0.008 | <0.8mm 8% 0.8-0.2mm 90% >0.2mm 2% |
99 | 0.5 | 0.03 | 0.05
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Application of Caustic Soda Flakes:
1. It's widely used in papermaking and producing lose pulp.
2. It's applied on production of soaps, synthesis detergents , synthesis fatty acid and refinement of oil in the light industry.
3. It's used as desizing agent,scouring agent, mercerizing agent for cotton in textile and dyeing industry.
4. It's applied to make borax, sodium cyanide, oxalic acid nic acid in chemical industry.
5. It is used for refining petroleum products and for drilling mud in oil fields; also used to the surface treatment of alumina, zinc and copper, as well as glass, enamel, leather, medicine, dyes and pesticides in petroleum industry.
6. It's used to make the acid neutralizer, which can be used for peeling agents of citrus, peaches, as well as the detergent for containers such as empty bottles and empty cans, as well as decolorizing(bleaching) agents and deodorizing agents in the food industry.
7. It can also be used as an alkaccant.