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Preferred term

Lye  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • a caustic

Scope note

  • Generally speaking, it is the alkaline substance obtained from wood ashes by percolation. Preparations of lye can be solutions of either potassium or sodium hydroxide. The term lye, is also used to refer to the household product which is a mixture of sodium hydroxide and sodium carbonate.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under CAUSTICS 1975-90

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • kaustinen sooda
  • lipeäkivi
  • Lut

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008191

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