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- Sodium hydroxide
- Sodium hydroxide is used in the manufacture of soap, paper, and the synthetic fiber rayon.
- Sodium hydroxide is used to manufacture many everyday products, such as paper, aluminum, commercial drain and oven cleaners, and soap and detergents.
- Calcium hydroxide
- Calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) is used in the manufacture of bleaching powder.
- Calcium Hydroxide In the process of sewage treatment, calcium hydroxide is used as a clarifying agent or as a flocculant.
- In the process of sewage treatment, calcium hydroxide is used as a clarifying agent or as a flocculant.
- Ca(OH)2 is used in the paper industry during the Kraft process of converting wood into wood pulp.
- It is a very important compound in the preparation of ammonia.
- This compound is also used as a pH modifier due to its basicity.
- The pickling of cucumbers is generally done with the help of Ca(OH)2
- The production of many plastics involves the use of calcium hydroxide as an ingredient.
- It is also used in pesticides, hair care products, and the manufacture of ebonite.
- In root canal procedures, this compound is used to fill the cavities in the human teeth.
- Sugar beets and sugarcane are processed via carbonation, which involves the used of Ca(OH)2.
- Calcium hydroxide is used in the leather industry to separate the fur/hair from the animal hide.
- Calcium hydroxide is also used to clean the sulfur dioxide, which is caused by the exhaust, that is found in power plants and factories.
- Magnesium hydroxide
- Magnesium hydroxide is used as an ‘antacid’ to neutralize excess acid in the stomach and cure indigestion.
- Sodium carbonate
- Sodium carbonate is used as washing soda and for softening hard water.
- Sodium bicarbonate
- (Sodium bicarbonate (or sodium hydrogen carbonate) is used as baking soda in cooking food, for making baking powders, as an antacid to cure indigestion and in soda acid fire extinguisher.
- Ammonium hydroxide
- Ammonium hydroxide is used to remove grease stains from clothes