• Rubanski@lemm.ee
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      A classic would be sodium hydroxide, a pretty strong and also very common base

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        Sodium hydroxide is used to manufacture soaps, rayon, paper, explosives, dyestuffs, and petroleum products. It is also used in processing cotton fabric, laundering and bleaching, metal cleaning and processing, oxide coating, electroplating, and electrolytic extracting. It is commonly present in commercial drain and oven cleaners.

        For those, like me, that are not knowledgeable about this type of thing.
        Interesting stuff

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          What’s really wild is that sodium hydroxide is a solid at room temp. If you handle a pellet of it, it feels soapy. Not because it actually has a soapy texture, but because it’s converting the oils on and in your skin into soap in real time. (Don’t do this)

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          That’s why mixing household cleaners is very dangerous, NaOH is so common but also so strong, that there are oftentimes unforeseeable reactions and products you definitely don’t want

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          Also known as lye. Most dish washing detergents contain some amount of it, and it’s also used in the making of some baked goods such as pretzels and bagels.