caustic soda

noun

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The process enhances high-contrast laser etching and reduces caustic soda consumption in sulfur mercerizing. Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 27 Oct. 2025 Rather than treating it as waste, Aepnus feeds it into a modular electrolyzer that, when powered, drives electrochemical reactions to split and rearrange the ions into the original reagents – caustic soda and sulfuric acid. Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025 Mercury has been used in the manufacture of chlorine and caustic soda, in cement production, as a coolant in nuclear reactors, in fungicides, reagents, embalming, batteries, preservatives, antiseptics, and cosmetics. Sallie Tisdale, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024 Then it’s washed only with water—no caustic soda, detergents, or bleach—and treated with bio-enzymes instead of silicone or other synthetic finishes. Alden Wicker, WIRED, 9 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for caustic soda

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First Known Use

1796, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of caustic soda was in 1796

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“Caustic soda.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caustic%20soda. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.

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