Sodium hydroxide (NaOH), yomwe imadziwikanso kuti caustic soda, Lye ndi Piece of alkali, ndi mankhwala osakhazikika.Ndi woyera olimba ndi kwambiri caustic zitsulo m'munsi ndi mchere wamchere wa sodium umene umapezeka pellets, flakes, granules, ndi monga njira zokonzekera pa angapo ndende zosiyanasiyana.Sodium haidroksidi imapanga pafupifupi 50% (polemera) yankho lodzaza ndi madzi;Sodium hy droxide imasungunuka m'madzi, ethanol, ndi me thanol.Zamcherezi ndi zonyozeka ndipo zimakoka mosavuta chinyezi ndi mpweya woipa wa carbon dioxide.
Sodium hydroxide imagwiritsidwa ntchito m'mafakitale ambiri, makamaka ngati mankhwala amphamvu popanga zamkati ndi mapepala, nsalu, madzi akumwa, sopo ndi zotsukira komanso ngati zotsukira.