We make available caustic soda flakes that are processed from a combination of finest quality raw ingredients. Caustic soda flakes are generally used as a strong chemical base in the manufacturing of various materials like pulp, textiles, drinking water, soaps and detergents. Features: white flaky substancehighly absorbenthighly soluble in water with liberation of heatdissolves in ethanol and methanolinsoluble in ether and non-polar solvents applications: used in the refining of alumina containing ore like bauxite to produce aluminium oxideit is a component of drilling mud and is used to increase viscosityit is used in paper industries for making paperused for the manufacture of biodieselused as a catalyst for the trans esterification of methanol and triglyceridesit is used to neutralize acidsit is a source of sodium ions for reactions that produce other sodium compoundswhen caustic soda is reacted with cellulose, it produces rayon and cellophanepharmaceuticalsused for water treatment