Skip to Content
MilliporeSigma
All Photos(2)

Key Documents

484024

Sigma-Aldrich

Sodium hydroxide

reagent grade, 97%, flakes

Synonym(s):

‘Caustic soda’

Sign Into View Organizational & Contract Pricing


About This Item

Linear Formula:
NaOH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
40.00
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352316
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.21

grade

reagent grade

Quality Level

agency

suitable for DIN 38407-42
suitable for EPA 533
suitable for EPA 8327
suitable for EPA OTM-45

vapor density

>1 (vs air)

vapor pressure

<18 mmHg ( 20 °C)
3 mmHg ( 37 °C)

assay

97%

form

flakes

technique(s)

titration: suitable

mp

318 °C (lit.)

solubility

water: soluble 1260 g/L at 20 °C

density

2.13 g/cm3

SMILES string

[OH-].[Na+]

InChI

1S/Na.H2O/h;1H2/q+1;/p-1

InChI key

HEMHJVSKTPXQMS-UHFFFAOYSA-M

Looking for similar products? Visit Product Comparison Guide

General description

Sodium hydroxide also known as caustic soda is a water soluble base with a wide range of industrial applications. Purification of diatomite with NaOH enhances its ability to adsorb basic dyes. NaOH when coupled with thermal desorption is reported to improve the degradation of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) in PCB contaminated soil. The efficiency of the aqueous solution of sodium citrate (Na3Ci) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) to dissolve SO2 has been investigated.

Application

Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) has been used to trap the hydrogen bromide gas released during the photo-bromination of 4-nitro-o-xylene.
It may be used in the following processes:
  • Boehm′s titration
  • dissolution testing
  • pH adjustment during the silver nanoparticles synthesis

pictograms

Corrosion

signalword

Danger

hcodes

Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1 - Met. Corr. 1 - Skin Corr. 1A

Storage Class

8B - Non-combustible corrosive hazardous materials

wgk_germany

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable


Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Search for Certificates of Analysis (COA) by entering the products Lot/Batch Number. Lot and Batch Numbers can be found on a product’s label following the words ‘Lot’ or ‘Batch’.

Already Own This Product?

Find documentation for the products that you have recently purchased in the Document Library.

Visit the Document Library

Kinetics and equilibrium studies from the methylene blue adsorption on diatomite treated with sodium hydroxide.
Zhang J, et al.
Applied Clay Science, 83, 12-16 (2013)
Solubility of SO2 in aqueous blend of sodium citrate and sodium hydroxide.
Mondal MK, et al.
Fluid Phase Equilibria, 349, 56-60 (2013)
Synthesis of single crystal hollow silver nanoparticles in a fast reaction-diffusion process.
Ben MA and Markovich G.
Chemistry of Materials, 23(5), 1239-1245 (2011)
Ravindra S Dhumal et al.
Acta pharmaceutica (Zagreb, Croatia), 56(4), 451-461 (2006-12-01)
The study investigates ibuprofen with wax-like properties as a multifunctional agent (as an active component and as a melt binder). Binding efficiency was compared with granules prepared by wet granulation using polyvinylpyrollidone (PVP K-30) as a binder for micromeritic, physical
Fuat Güzel et al.
Journal of hazardous materials, 153(3), 1275-1287 (2007-11-06)
In this study, the effect of temperature on the adsorption of Mn(II), Ni(II), Co(II) and Cu(II) from aqueous solution by modified carrot residues (MCR) was investigated. The equilibrium contact times of adsorption process for each heavy metals-MCR systems were determined.

Our team of scientists has experience in all areas of research including Life Science, Material Science, Chemical Synthesis, Chromatography, Analytical and many others.

Contact Technical Service