Aqueous Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) can be used as solvent to help dissolve water insoluble compounds that have an acidic functional group. NaOH reacts with the acidic functional group and forms a water soluble salt.
For example, consider R-COOH to be a water-insoluble carboxylic acid. When R-COOH is added to the aqueous NaOH, the following reaction occurs:
R-COOH + NaOH(aq) -> R-COO- NA+ + OH- + H3O+
The above reaction produces R-COO- NA+ which is a water soluble salt. This process is sometimes called water solubility by salt formation.
The solute is the thing that dissolves, in this case the sodium hydroxide. The solvent is the thing that dissolves it, in this case the water. The result is neither solvent nor solute, but a solution. It could be used as a solvent for some other material.
The chemical name is Sodium Hydroxide. It is made of Na+ ions and OH- ions.
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In chemistry, compounds containing the function -OH; examples: sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, lithium hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, etc.
Potassium Hydroxide is stronger than sodium hydroxide
The solute is the thing that dissolves, in this case the sodium hydroxide. The solvent is the thing that dissolves it, in this case the water. The result is neither solvent nor solute, but a solution. It could be used as a solvent for some other material.
The solvent (if it is entirely a solvent, as it is in this case) makes no difference. In theory, you would get sodium benzoate, but getting sodium hydroxide to react in a system including an organic solvent will not be easy as it is barely soluble. Vigorous agitation would be required.
The chemical name is Sodium Hydroxide. It is made of Na+ ions and OH- ions.
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Spic 'n Span does have sodium hydroxide listed as one of the ingredients. It says so on its website, which says that sodium hydroxide's function is to act as a buffering agent.
In chemistry, compounds containing the function -OH; examples: sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, lithium hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, etc.
Sodium hydroxide is basic.
sodium hydroxide is itself a chemical. It can disassociate into a sodium cation and a hydroxide anion
No, sodium hydroxide is a compound.
Potassium Hydroxide is stronger than sodium hydroxide
The symbol for Sodium Hydroxide is NaoH
Sodium hydroxide.