caustic soda

noun

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To be built in near Chandra Asri’s existing petrochemical plant in Cilegon, about 100 kilometers west of Jakarta, the facility will produce 400,000 tons of caustic soda and 500,000 tons of ethylene dichloride per year when completed in 2027, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. Yessar Rosendar, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025 The acidic end of the scale includes stomach acid (around 1 pH) and battery acid (around 0.8 pH), while the basic end includes bleach (around 11 to 13 pH) and lye/caustic soda (around 14 pH). Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 1 July 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 Specific chemicals that move through Vancouver include caustic soda, ethylene glycol, and sodium chlorate. Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 4 Nov. 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 27 Aug. 2025.

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