1) Chemical Name: Sodium Bicarbonate
2) Molecular Formula: NaHCO3
3) Appearance: white crystalline powder
4) Properties: non-odorous and salty, easily soluble in water, insoluble in alcohol, presenting slight alkalinity, decomposed when heated, decomposed slowly when exposed to moist air.
2. Sodium Bicarbonate Specification Sheet
Total Alkalinity (As NaHCO3) (%) 99.0-100.5%
Loss on Drying (%) 0.2 %
PH (10g/L liquor) (%) 8.5
As (%) 0.0001%
Heavy Metal (as Pb) (%) 0.0005%
Chloride (Cl) (%)
Caustic soda (sodium hydroxide) is a versatile alkali. Its main uses are in the manufacture of pulp and paper, alumina, soap and detergents, petroleum products and chemical production. Other applications include water treatment, food, textiles, metal processing, mining, glass making and others.
Being free from foreign material and other visible impurities, Caustic Soda Flakes offered find wide use in soaps, textile paper as well as in alumina refineries among other areas. Coming with molecular formula of NaOH, and synonyms of caustic soda flakes, sodium hydroxide, this inorganic compound is available in white solid & caustic metallic base with solubility in ethanol, water and methanol. Some of the applications it is used in include in soaps & detergents, pulp and paper, textile processing, organic chemicals and other applications.
Caustic soda flakes (technical sodium hydroxide flakes) â?? flake mass of white color, very hygroscopic, very soluble in water and alcohol. The formula is NaOH. Technical sodium hydroxide flakes are obtained by evaporating of liquid caustic soda ?? grade. ... Caustic soda flakes are transported by railway and motor transport.
