caustic solution

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• caustic potash — n. POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE * * *       potassium hydroxide, a potassium salt that readily dissolves in water to form a strongly alkaline and corrosive solution (see potassium). * * * …   Universalium

• caustic ammonia — noun : ammonia especially in water solution * * * caustic ammonia noun Ammonia as a gas, or in solution • • • Main Entry: ↑caustic …   Useful english dictionary

• caustic — 1. Chemically exerting an effect resembling a burn. 2. An agent producing this effect. 3. Denoting a solution of a strong alkali; e.g., c. soda, NaOH. SYN: pyrotic (2). [G. kaustikos, fr. kaio, to burn] * * * caus·tic kȯ stik …   Medical dictionary

• solution */*/*/ — UK [səˈluːʃ(ə)n] / US [səˈluʃ(ə)n] noun [countable] Word forms solution : singular solution plural solutions Get it right: solution: The usual preposition to use with solution is to, not of: Wrong: The role of the government is to find the… …   English dictionary

• Caustic Christ — Infobox musical artist Name = Caustic Christ Img capt = Img size = 225 Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = USA Genre = Hardcore punk, crust punk Years active = 2000 Present Label = Havoc Records Associated acts = Aus Rotten… …   Wikipedia

• caustic man — noun or caustic mixer Etymology: caustic (II) : a worker who mixes caustic soda solution for use in cloth finishing or yarn finishing processes …   Useful english dictionary

• caustic potash — Potash Pot ash , n. [Pot + ash.] (Chem.) (a) The hydroxide of potassium hydrate, a hard white brittle substance, {KOH}, having strong caustic and alkaline properties; hence called also {caustic potash}. (b) The impure potassium carbonate obtained …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Caustic (mathematics) — In differential geometry a caustic is the envelope of rays either reflected or refracted by a manifold. It is related to the optical concept of caustics.The ray s source may be a point (called the radiant) or infinity, in which case a direction… …   Wikipedia

• Caustic soda — Soda So da, n. [It., soda, in OIt., ashes used in making glass, fr. L. solida, fem. of solidus solid; solida having probably been a name of glasswort. See {Solid}.] 1. (Chem.) (a) Sodium oxide or hydroxide. (b) Popularly, sodium carbonate or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• caustic soda — Sodium So di*um, n. [NL., fr.E. soda.] (Chem.) A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc. It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so highly reactive that it …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Spent caustic — is a waste industrial caustic solution that has become exhausted and is no longer useful (or spent). Spent caustics are made of sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, water, and contaminants. The contaminants have consumed the majority of the… …   Wikipedia