Name: Sodium Hydroxide
CAS No: Sodium hydroxide [1310-73-2]
BP: Sodium Hydroxide JP: Sodium Hydroxide PhEur: Sodium Hydroxide USP-NF: Sodium Hydroxide
Caustic soda; E524; lye; natrii hydroxidum; soda lye; sodium hydrate.
Sodium hydroxide [1310-73-2]
NaOH 40.00
See Section 4.
Sodium hydroxide is widely used in pharmaceutical formulations to adjust the pH of solutions.(1) It can also be used to react with weak acids to form salts
Sodium hydroxide occurs as a white or nearly white fused mass. It is available in small pellets, flakes, sticks, and other shapes or forms. It is hard and brittle and shows a crystalline fracture. Sodium hydroxide is very deliquescent and on exposure to air it rapidly absorbs carbon dioxide and water.
See Table I