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Caustic Soda and its applications
Caustic soda is a base chemical widely used in many industries. It is a corrosive, colourless and odourless solution of sodium hydroxide in water. Fields of application are the textile and the pulp & paper industry, the production of detergents and the glass industry. It is also used for neutralisation and cleaning purposes as well as for the saponification of fats. 
  • Aluminium industry (solubilisation of bauxite)
  • Beverage industry
  • Chemical synthesis
  • Paints 
  • Construction industry 
  • Detergents
  • Electro industry
  • Electroplating
  • Etching
  • Fibre production
  • Food industry
  • Glass production
  • Ion exchange materials for water treatment
  • Mercerisation of cotton
  • Neutralisation of acids, synthesis of sodium salts
  • Oil industry 
  • Plastics
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Photo industry
  • Pigments
  • Power stations
  • Pulp and paper industry
  • Rayon production
  • Saponification
  • Textile conditioning
  • Water treatment
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