sodium hydroxide

English - Turkish

Definition of sodium hydroxide in English Turkish dictionary: sodyumhidroksit; sudkostik; sodyum hidroksit
sodium hydroxide solution: sodyum hidroksit çözeltisi

English - English

Definition of sodium hydroxide in English English dictionary: a strong, caustic alkali, NaOH, used in the manufacture of soap, detergents, paper, textiles and having many other industrial applications; A white, deliquescent, water-soluble solid, usually in the form of lumps, sticks, chips or pellets that upon solution in water generates heat Used chiefly in the manufacture of other chemicals, rayon, film, soap, as a laboratory reagent, and in medicine as a caustic, or a base; A strongly alkaline compound, NaOH, used in the manufacture of chemicals and soaps and in petroleum refining. Also called caustic soda, lye; Breathing the dust or droplets can irritate and burn the lungs Contact can cause severe skin burns; A caustic alkalai used in making hard soaps It is now produced by processing salt water but was earlier obtained from the ashes of a particular kind of seaweed (see How Is Soap Made? and The Chemistry of Soap); Chemical name for caustic soda; A white, deliquescent, water-soluble solid, usually in the form of lumps, sticks, chips or pellets that upon solution in water generates heat, produced by the electrolysis of aqueous sodium chloride Used chiefly in the manufacture of organic chemicals, inorganic chemicals, rayon, film, soap, textiles, plastics, as a laboratory reagent, and in medicine as a caustic, or a base The annual U S consumption of this substance is about 12 million tons; a caustic chemical, commonly called lye, used in a number of hair relaxers It can also be used to dissolve hair in blocked basins and drains; a strongly alkaline caustic used in manufacturing soap and paper and aluminum and various sodium compounds; NaOH, highly caustic alkali used to make acids neutral and make sodium salts; caustic soda; soda lye