caustic soda

noun
Origin
1875-80
Examples from the web for caustic soda
  • The fuel was then refined on the ship, he says, using a process in which caustic soda is blended into gasoline to remove sulfur.
  • The crew then scrubbed the bones and boiled them in a cauldron of water and caustic soda to dissolve any remaining flesh.
  • caustic soda is used in paper, detergent and aluminum manufacturing.
  • It makes chlorine, caustic soda and industrial chemical products for the pulp and paper sector and other industrial customers.
  • Softening by lime and lime-soda ash is generally less expensive then by caustic soda.
British Dictionary definitions for caustic soda

caustic soda

noun
1.
another name for sodium hydroxide
caustic soda in Medicine

caustic soda n.
See sodium hydroxide.