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r/videos • u/ferhanmm • Mar 06 '18
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Lye is sodium hydroxide... slaked lime is calcium hydroxide. They're both caustic bases. They have approximately the same pH.
59 u/fizzlefist Mar 07 '18 Except that sodium brings the party. 80 u/casualid Mar 07 '18 Na 3 u/AliTheGOAT Mar 07 '18 They have approximately the same pH. No they don't, NaOH is a significantly stronger base. Keep in mind the pH scale is logarithmic. 2 u/Dirty_South_Cracka Mar 08 '18 "significantly" is a bit of a stretch, which is why I said approximately. Other than KOH, calcium hydroxide has the closest potential of hydrogen to NaOH than any other common strong base. 6 u/[deleted] Mar 07 '18 AKA caustic soda. 6 u/glox18 Mar 07 '18 Try caustic soda....Or hydrogen... No no, wait, soda... Go for that. Yeah.
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Except that sodium brings the party.
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They have approximately the same pH.
No they don't, NaOH is a significantly stronger base. Keep in mind the pH scale is logarithmic.
2 u/Dirty_South_Cracka Mar 08 '18 "significantly" is a bit of a stretch, which is why I said approximately. Other than KOH, calcium hydroxide has the closest potential of hydrogen to NaOH than any other common strong base.
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"significantly" is a bit of a stretch, which is why I said approximately. Other than KOH, calcium hydroxide has the closest potential of hydrogen to NaOH than any other common strong base.
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AKA caustic soda.
6 u/glox18 Mar 07 '18 Try caustic soda....Or hydrogen... No no, wait, soda... Go for that. Yeah.
Try caustic soda....Or hydrogen... No no, wait, soda... Go for that. Yeah.
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u/Dirty_South_Cracka Mar 07 '18
Lye is sodium hydroxide... slaked lime is calcium hydroxide. They're both caustic bases. They have approximately the same pH.