Caustic Soda ni alkali ikomeye ifite ubushobozi bwo kwangirika cyane, muri rusange mu buryo bw'uduce cyangwa uduce, byoroshye gushonga mu mazi (exothermic iyo ishongeshejwe mu mazi) kandi igakora umuti wa alkali, kandi ihinduka deliques Mu buryo bw'imibonano mpuzabitsina, biroroshye kwinjiza umwuka w'amazi (deliquescent) na dioxyde de carbone (kwangirika) mu kirere, kandi ishobora kongerwamo aside hydrochloric kugira ngo harebwe niba yangiritse.
Ikoreshwa cyane mu gukora impapuro, isabune, amarangi, rayon, ibyuma, gutunganya peteroli, kurangiza ipamba, gusukura ibikomoka ku makara, ndetse no gutunganya ibiribwa, gutunganya imbaho n'imashini.
Mu gikapu cya kraft cya 25kg.