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