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  2. Caustic - Wikipedia

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    Caustic may also refer to: Caustic (band), an American industrial/powernoise band; Caustic (mathematics), the envelope of rays reflected or refracted by a manifold; Caustic (optics), optic phenomenon due to light rays reflecting/refracting through curved surfaces/objects; Caustic Graphics, a graphics technology developer, part of Imagination ...

  3. List of alchemical substances - Wikipedia

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    Lunar caustic/ lapis infernalis – silver nitrate, formed by dissolving silver in aqua fortis and evaporating. Lye – potash in a water solution, formed by leaching wood ashes. Potash – potassium carbonate, formed by evaporating lye; also called salt of tartar. K 2 CO 3; Pearlash – formed by baking potash in a kiln.

  4. Sodium hydroxide - Wikipedia

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    Sodium hydroxide, also known as lye and caustic soda, [1] [2] is an inorganic compound with the formula NaOH. It is a white solid ionic compound consisting of sodium cations Na + and hydroxide anions OH −. Sodium hydroxide is a highly corrosive base and alkali that decomposes lipids and proteins at ambient temperatures and may cause severe ...

  5. Lye - Wikipedia

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    Pellets of soda lye (sodium hydroxide) Pellets of potash lye (potassium hydroxide)Lye is a hydroxide, either sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide.The word lye most accurately refers to sodium hydroxide (NaOH), [citation needed] but historically has been conflated to include other alkali materials, most notably potassium hydroxide (KOH).

  6. Calcium oxide - Wikipedia

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    Calcium oxide (formula: Ca O), commonly known as quicklime or burnt lime, is a widely used chemical compound.It is a white, caustic, alkaline, crystalline solid at room temperature.

  7. Caustic embrittlement - Wikipedia

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    A tube damaged by caustic embrittlement. White caustic deposits can be seen inside. As water evaporates in the boiler, the concentration of sodium carbonate increases in the boiler. In high pressure boilers, sodium carbonate is used in softening of water by lime soda process, due to this some sodium carbonate maybe left behind in the water.

  8. Sarcasm - Wikipedia

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    Sarcasm is the caustic use of words, often in a humorous way, to mock someone or something. [1] Sarcasm may employ ambivalence , [ 2 ] although it is not necessarily ironic . [ 3 ] Most noticeable in spoken word, sarcasm is mainly distinguished by the inflection with which it is spoken [ 4 ] or, with an undercurrent of irony, by the extreme ...

  9. Sodium hypochlorite - Wikipedia

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    Household bleach and pool chlorinator solutions are typically stabilized by a significant concentration of lye (caustic soda, NaOH) as part of the manufacturing reaction. This additive will by itself cause caustic irritation or burns due to defatting and saponification of skin oils and destruction of tissue. The slippery feel of bleach on the ...