while the amounts of alkali taken up are shown to be consistent with the stoichiometric conversion of cellulose into the mono-sodium salt at high alkali concentrations, when allowance is made for ...

The combination produces sodium hydroxide, hydrogen gas and heat (the ... the researchers reported in the journal Nature Chemistry in January 2015. All those positive charges repel each other ...

Although this piece of pyrotechnics has amazed generations of chemistry students, until now it has been misunderstood, a paper in Nature Chemistry ... it produces sodium hydroxide and hydrogen.

Sodium is highly reactive, which means the soft, silver-coloured metal is never found in its pure form in nature ... a different sodium chemical - sodium hydroxide, better known as caustic ...

Environmentalists and fishermen are pushing back against a plan from a group of scientists who want to dump more than 60,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide, more commonly known as lye, into the ocean ...

Fat molecules contain three ester links. These can be hydrolysed when they are heated with sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide. This results in the formation of glycerol and a salt - soap.

BOSTON — Environmentalists and fishermen are pushing back against a plan from a group of scientists who want to dump more than 60,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide, more commonly known as lye ...