Caustic Soda Flakes – GACL / Grasim / DCM / Epigral

caustic soda is also known as sodium hydroxide. Naoh is the chemical formula for caustic soda flakes. Sodium hydroxide is very corrosive. It is generally used as a solid or a 50% solution. Other common names include caustic soda and lye. Sodium hydroxide is used to manufacture soaps, rayon, paper, explosives, dyestuffs, and petroleum products. sodium hydroxide is available in make such as GACL, Grasim, Meghmani, DCM Shriram, GFL, GHCL and may more.

Caustic Products

Sulphates

Chloride

Solvents

Acids

Food Grade

Water Treatment Chemicals

Other Chemicals

Features & Chemical Properties

Chemical formula: NaOH
Molecular weight: 40.00 g/mol
Melting point: 318.4°C
Boiling point: 1,388°C
Density: 2.13 g/cm³
Solubility: Soluble in water, alcohol, and glycerol
pH: Highly basic, typically with a pH of 14
Reactivity: Highly reactive and can react violently with many substances, including acids, organic materials, and metals
Corrosiveness: Potentially corrosive material
Hygroscopicity: Absorbs water vapor, CO2, and SO2 in the air
Color: White solid in solid form, colorless or slightly turbid in liquid form.
Smell: Odorless

Applications

In the chemical pulping process, caustic soda in the form of lye is usually used to remove the lignin that binds the fibers. Caustic soda is also used is in paper recycling.

Pulp & Paper

Caustic soda is widely used in the textile industry for processes such as scouring, mercerization and dyeing, which are the integral parts of the textile manufacturing process.

Textiles

Saponification process is the heart of Soap-Making. It is the chemical reaction in which the building blocks of fats and oils (triglycerides) react with aqueous caustic to form Soaps.

Soap & Detergents

Caustic soda is used as alkalinity sources in the liquid scrubbing of Sulphur dioxide in flue gases produced from crude-oil-fired steam generators used in thermally enhanced oil recovery.

Petroleum

Alumina is produced from bauxite, an ore that is mined from topsoil in various tropical and subtropical regions using The Bayer process.

Aluminum

Caustic soda serves as a reactive agent in the production process, delivering sodium to the final product in various ways and for many different purposes.

Chemical Process

In water treatment, caustic is a powerful means for pH adjustment & neutralizing water streams. Caustic soda is sometimes used during water treatment to raise water pH.

Water Treatment

Caustic soda is frequently used as an industrial cleaning agent especially for cleaning and sterilizing of bottles in beverage industry.

Cleaning Agent

Refining vegetable oils also calls for this product to be used as a neutralizer to rid them of free fatty acids that can give oils an unpleasant taste.