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What are uses for bases?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

1.Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) is used in the manufacture of soap, in petroleum-refining; in making medicines, paper, pulp, etc. It is used in making rayon.

2. Calcium hydroxide is used to neutralize acid in water supplies; in the manufacture of bleaching powder; as a dressing material for acid burns; as an antidote for food poisoning; in the preparation of fungicides and in the mixture of whitewash.

3. Ammonium hydroxide is used to remove ink spots from clothes and to remove grease from window-panes. It is used in the cosmetic industry.

4. Alkalis are used in alkaline batteries. Generally, potassium hydroxide is used in such batteries.

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