Sodium hydroxide, also known as caustic soda, caustic soda, solid alkali, caustic soda, and caustic soda. Sodium hydroxide is highly alkaline and corrosive. It can be used as acid neutralizer, masking agent, precipitant, precipitation masking agent, color developer, saponification agent, peeling agent, detergent, etc. It has a wide range of uses.
Sodium hydroxide is mainly used in papermaking, cellulose pulp production and soap, synthetic detergent, synthetic fatty acid production and refining of animal and vegetable oils and fats. In the textile printing and dyeing industry, it is used as cotton desizing agent, scouring agent and mercerizing agent. The chemical industry is used to produce borax, formic acid, oxalic acid, etc. It is used in the petroleum industry to refine petroleum products and in oil field drilling muds. It is also used in the production of aluminum oxide, surface treatment of metallic zinc and metallic copper, as well as in glass, enamel, tanning, dyes and pesticides. Food-grade products are used as acid neutralizers in the food industry, as peeling agents for citrus and peaches, and as detergents for empty bottles and cans, as well as decolorizing and deodorizing agents.