What is caustic soda made up of?

Answer 1

Caustic soda is sodium hydroxide, NaOH. It is a primary ingredient in drain cleaner and other household chemicals, and it's pretty nasty stuff. Caustic means corrosive, only corrosive applies to acids and caustic applies to bases. They essentially mean the same thing. Sodium hydroxide in its pure form is a white pellet-like solid, and in solution it's a strong base. It dissolves exothermically. It reacts vigorously with most acids and some metals. Reacting sodium hydroxide in aqueous solution with aluminum produces copious amounts of hydrogen gas.

Answer 2

"sodium and carbonate". whoever wrote this took the easy way out!

yes, sodium is true, but when they wrote carbonate, they just wrote that! Sodium carbonate is made of sodium, carbon, and oxygen. it is also known as Na2CO3. :D

Answer 3

Caustic soda, or sodium hydroxide, is made up of sodium, oxygen, and hydrogen atoms. It is a strong base that is commonly used in various industrial processes, such as water treatment, soap making, and paper production.

Answer 4

Caustic soda means solid Sodium hydroxide NaOH, it is the 2nd most abundant synthetic chemical on earth also known as the 'Queen of the chemicals"