caustic soda

noun

Examples of caustic soda in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The substance is found in products such as brake linings and gaskets and is used to manufacture chlorine bleach and sodium hydroxide, also known as caustic soda, including some that is used for water purification. Matthew Daly, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024 At the Kentucky depot, nerve agents were mixed with hot water and caustic soda to reduce their toxicity before being shipped to another facility for incineration, Abaie said. Alex Horton, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2023 Advertisement At the Kentucky depot, nerve agents were mixed with hot water and caustic soda to reduce their toxicity before being shipped to another facility for incineration, Abaie said. Alex Horton, Washington Post, 10 July 2023 Strikes hit an alumina refinery and damaged warehouses containing fuel and caustic soda, potentially leaking highly alkaline bauxite residue into the waterway. Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2023 Dissolved in tubs of caustic soda? Sandra Dibble, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2022 The only form of asbestos known to be currently imported, processed or distributed for use in the U.S. is chrysotile asbestos, which is imported from Brazil and used by the chlor-alkali industry, which produces bleach, caustic soda and other products. CBS News, 5 Apr. 2022 Many, especially urbanites who have never encountered the plant, are unaware that coca does not induce the same effects as the drug and that to extract cocaine from the leaf requires an arduous process, involving a toxic mixture of gasoline, cement, ammonia, caustic soda, and other chemicals. Christina Noriega, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Dec. 2021 The plant manufactures chlorine and caustic soda. From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 28 June 2021

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Word History

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 29 Mar. 2024.

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