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Question
State two uses of the following compound:
Sodium hydroxide
Short Answer
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Solution
- Sodium hydroxide is used for making soaps and detergents.
- Sodium hydroxide is used for making artificial textile fibres (such as rayon).
- Sodium hydroxide is used in the manufacture of paper.
- Sodium hydroxide is used in purifying bauxite ore from which aluminium metal is extracted.
- Sodium hydroxide is used in degreasing metals, oil refining, and the production of dyes and bleaches.
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