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Caustic soda - 1KG (sodium hydroxide)
You are purchasing 1Kg of high quality Caustic Soda. The product comes as white spherical balls of around 0.05mm in diameter in appearance with no odour.
**PLEASE NOTE: Caustic Soda is very corrosive. May cause serious permanent eye damage. Very harmful by ingenstion. Harmful by skin contact. Handle with care, PVC gloves and safety glasses are recommended**
* A common chemical base in laboratories
* Pulp manufacturing for producing paper
Caustic soda also know as sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and lye. It is used in many industries, mostly as a strong chemical base in the manufacture of pulp and paper, textiles, drinking water, soaps/detergents and as a drain cleaner. World-wide production in 1998 was around 45 million tonnes. Sodium hydroxide is a common base in chemical laboratories.
