Caustic soda is used in the chemical, petrochemical, pulp and paper, medical, food industries, non-ferrous metallurgy, textile industry, in the production of viscose silk and bleaching fabrics, in the aniline-paint industry, in soap making, in the production of aluminum and sodium metal, soluble glass, alkaline batteries , in the processes of water treatment and other areas of the national economy. In the chemical industry, caustic soda is used for the production of organic dyes, synthetic phenol, glycerol, insecticides, various chemicals and intermediates.
