Caustic Soda ni alkali ikomeye ifite ruswa ikomeye, mubisanzwe muburyo bwa flake cyangwa bloks, gushonga byoroshye mumazi (exothermic iyo yashongeshejwe mumazi) kandi ikora igisubizo cya alkaline, na deliquescent Imibonano mpuzabitsina, biroroshye gukuramo imyuka y'amazi (deliquescent) Dioxyde de carbone (kwangirika) mu kirere, kandi irashobora kongerwamo aside hydrochloric kugirango irebe niba yangiritse.
Ikoreshwa cyane mu gukora impapuro, isabune, amarangi, rayon, metallurgie, gutunganya peteroli, kurangiza ipamba, kweza ibicuruzwa biva mu makara, ndetse no gutunganya ibiribwa, gutunganya ibiti n’inganda zikora imashini.
Mu gikapu cya 25 kg.
