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Sodium hydroxide, commonly known as caustic soda, is a highly versatile and industrially significant chemical compound. Its applications span various industries. In chemical manufacturing, it serves as a fundamental ingredient in the production of detergents, soaps, and bleaches, facilitating reactions such as saponification and neutralization.
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Sodium hydroxide, commonly known as caustic soda, is a highly versatile and industrially significant chemical compound. Its applications span various industries. In chemical manufacturing, it serves as a fundamental ingredient in the production of detergents, soaps, and bleaches, facilitating reactions such as saponification and neutralization. In water treatment plants, sodium hydroxide adjusts the pH of water, neutralizes acidic substances, and aids in the removal of heavy metals and contaminants. Crucial in the paper and pulp industry, sodium hydroxide breaks down lignin in wood fibers during the pulping process, facilitating paper production. Additionally, in textile manufacturing, it is utilized in processes such as mercerization to impart strength and luster to cotton fibers.
For many learners high school is not enough to prepare them for what they are to face at first year university. They find themselves completely overwhelmed and intimidated by what is expected of them to be able to do in a laboratory.
Unfortunately many learners who want to pursue science subjects go through this dilemma, few as they are because fact is SA is not producing enough learners who will become engineers, doctors, science researchers, let alone science innovators.
To address this, we developed a chemistry kits with 52 experiments for use by learners at home. This gives them an opportunity to gain hand-on exposure and engagement, confidence and understanding they need to study sciences further.
The kit comes with a manual explaining how science is experienced in daily life and therefore brings awareness of the application and usefulness of science, helping the learner relate to what they learn at school.
Some schools do have kits where only the teacher demonstrates the experiments and this is great, but you don’t master driving by watching the driving instructor, you must get in the driver’s seat yourself.
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