Alkalis

Caustic Soda (Sodium Hydroxide)

Our Caustic Soda (Sodium Hydroxide) is a highly versatile and powerful chemical compound, widely used in various industrial applications. Known for its strong alkaline properties, it is essential for processes such as cleaning, pH regulation, and chemical manufacturing. Whether for use in water treatment, soap production, or as a drain cleaner, our caustic soda provides effective and efficient results.

Key Features:

• High Purity: Provides superior quality for industrial, commercial, and residential use.
• Powerful Alkaline Properties: Ideal for neutralizing acids, cleaning, and chemical reactions.
• Versatile Application: Used in a variety of industries including manufacturing, food processing, and water treatment.
• Safe Handling: Comes with proper guidelines for safe use and storage.

Our Caustic Soda is formulated to meet the highest industry standards, ensuring reliability and performance for all your cleaning, processing, and industrial needs.

PLEASE NOTE: This product is not for human or animal consumption.

Properties of Sodium Hydroxide

• Synonyms: caustic soda; lye; sodium hydroxide solid; sodium hydrate;
• CAS No: 1310-73-2
• EINECS No: 215-185-5
• Molecular formula: NaOH
• Molar mass: 39.99 g/mol
• Density: 2.13g/cm³
• Solubility in water: 111 g/100ml (20C)
• Melting point: 318 C
• Boiling point: 1388 C
• pH: 13 – 14
• Vapour pressure: < 24,00 hPa at 20 C
• Vapour density: 1.38 (Air = 1.0)

Sodium hydroxide is used for many applications including:

• In the manufacture of soap. It is used to saponify oils and fats, converting them to the sodium salt of the fatty acid (soap).
• A laboratory reagent. Sodium hydroxide is predominantly ionic, containing sodium cations and hydroxide anions. The hydroxide anion makes sodium hydroxide a strong base (alkali) which reacts with acids to form water and the corresponding sal­ts.
• Cleaning products like Heavy duty degreasers, oven cleaners, parts washers, drain cleaners, Cleaners for milk parlour pipework.
• As a relaxer to straighten hair (For professional use only !!).
• Used to kill tree stumps and roots (see below)
• Metal polishes
• Paint & varnish stripping
• Aquarium products
• For Biodiesel Production (addition to methanol to form sodium methoxide)
• Water treatment
• Paper and pulp industries because the substance helps separate cellulose fibers from lignin. The freed cellulose fibres can then be formed into paper.
• NaOH is also used by the drink and beer industry to clean non-disposable bottles.
• It is used to revitalise acids in petroleum refining.
• Manufacture of polymers, rayon, cellophane etc
• It can be used as an additive in drilling mud to increase alkalinity in bentonite mud systems increases the mud viscosity.
• to mercerize cotton in the textile industry.