Product Profile of Caustic Soda

Aditya Birla Management Corporation Limited offers Caustic Soda. Aditya Birla Management Corporation Limited is an ISO-9001:2000, ISO-14001, OSHAS-18001, BS-8800 and TIS-18001 certified company. The Caustic Soda is sodium hydroxide, also known as lye, obtained from the electrolysis of brine. It is a caustic metallic base, widely used in industry.

Specifications of Caustic Soda are:

• Specific gravity at 30 degree C: Min. 1.514

• Purity: Min. 49.50 percent wt

• Sodium chloride: Max. 0.03 percent wt

• Sodium carbonate: Max. 0.20 percent wt

• Iron: Max 0.001 percent wt

• Properties Appearance: Clear liquid

• Molecular weight: 40

• Specific gravity: 1.53 [15.5 degree C]

• Boiling point: 145 degree C

• Melting point > 0 degree C

• Vapour pressure: 6.3 mm Hg [40 degree C]


Application areas of Caustic Soda are:

• Resin regeneration

• Dyes

• Viscose rayon

• Zeolite

• Sodium polyphosphate

• Sodium silicate

• Sodium sulphite

• Monosodium glutamate

• Refinery

• Soap

• Detergent

• Pulp and paper