caustic soda
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China has become a major supplier of ingredients for small-molecule medications, coatings and sterilization agents for medical devices, and the chlorine and caustic soda used to keep water safe to drink.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025
The substance is found in products such brake linings and gaskets, and is used to manufacture chlorine bleach and sodium hydroxide, also known as caustic soda.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 2022
The containers held chemicals such as caustic soda, nitric acid, methanol and plastic pellets, and the ship also carried about 350 tons of oil.
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2021
Several barges breaking loose; one barge, loaded with caustic soda, overturned but was out of the navigable waterway, while the others were safely recovered.
From Washington Times • Jul. 3, 2015
On Rack 10 rows of next generation’s chemical workers were being trained in the toleration of lead, caustic soda, tar, chlorine.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
