Articles, tagged with "sodium hydroxide", page 1
16th July 2012
Chemicals are widely used in consumer goods manufacturing, as well as in industry, agriculture, and construction. The UK’s chemical and pharmaceuticals businesses are worth £60 billion, with the vast majority of them supplying goods to both national and i...
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Author:
Steve Reeve
14th June 2011
What’s the difference between a hair texturizer and relaxer?
A hair texturizer is essentially a relaxer left in for a shorter period of time. Hair texturizers loosen kinks, but do not straighten hair completely. Your hair should look longer and wavie...
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Author:
Supriyo
09th February 2011
What with the stress these days, where we expose the most delicate part of our body, our eyes, to dust, harsh lights, a constant glare from the computer screen and other irritants. As more and more people are working longer and longer hours, it is very co...
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Author:
Yusuf Jaafar
19th November 2010
Traditional products used to straighten hair or relax hair usually contain either sodium hydroxide (lye) or a derivative of sodium hydroxide. Derivatives include calcium hydroxide, lithium hydroxide and guanadine hydroxide. The BodipHier system, however, ...
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Satya Narayan
13th August 2010
Growing up, I often heard my mother and all the other mothers I chanced upon meeting talk about sodium hydroxide. This metallic base could be considered as every mom's handy companion at home. Of course, they did not refer to it using this term. Even so, ...
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Author:
joalesto
30th June 2010
Part 1
Bamboo textiles are typically cloths, yarn, and clothing made from Bamboo fiber. In earlier times; farmers and fisherman in China and Japan used bamboo to weave shoes and hats to protect them from the elements. In the west, bamboo was used along...
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Author:
Kelly Adham
22nd June 2010
While getting ready for work in the morning, you casually glance into the sink - all of a sudden, you're confronted with a clogged drain! Before you instinctively reach for that chemical drain cleaner, you may want to consider other options. The American ...
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Author:
David
23rd March 2010
The chemical is known to be one of the strongest bases in the realm of chemistry. While the chemical sodium hydroxide is best seen in industrial plants or chemical laboratories, it is incorporated in so many products that it is hardly unseen at homes. So ...
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Author:
joalesto
15th January 2010
Although thousands of households throughout the world use commercial soaps for their everyday, personal hygiene, there is some "dirt" that you should know about some of these products. Most modern, mass-manufactured commercial soaps are made using a metho...
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Author:
Robert Bell
16th October 2009
The Sheraton Delfina, located in Santa Monica, California has started using acid water to clean their hotel rooms. Acid water is a cleaning agent that is formed when water is electrolyzed by a low voltage of electricity. Acid water is formed when the ions...
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Author:
Hamilton Erridge
10th June 2009
Glycerine, also spelled glycerin, is a kind of organic compound known as sugar alcohol with a chemical formula C3H8O3. It occurs as a sweet-tasting, viscous liquid that is colorless and odorless. It is miscible in water and generally non-toxic. In nature ...
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Author:
joalesto
06th June 2009
Sodium hydroxide, also known as lye or caustic soda, is of importance to not one but various industries. Its chemical formula is NaOH and it is described as an odorless, white crystalline substance. It is available, commercially, either in solid form like...
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Author:
joalesto
04th June 2009
Sodium hydroxide is one of the strongest alkaline with a chemical formula NaOH. It is also known as lye or caustic soda. Industries use this compound in manufacturing paper, pulp, textiles, soap, and many cleaning agents. This strong base forms heat-evolv...
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Author:
joalesto
29th May 2009
Sodium hydroxide is an important industrial chemical. It is used in manufacturing soaps and detergents, household cleaning agents, paper, and textiles. Pure form of this inorganic base occurs as a white solid commonly available in form of granules, flakes...
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Author:
joalesto
10th March 2009
Considering using alternatives to chemical relaxers? Kinky, curly and frizzy hair can be difficult to manage. Often chemical relaxers contain lye, which is sodium hydroxide. By using these harsh chemical relaxers you can damage your hair, burn your scalp ...
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Author:
Satya Narayan