One of the washing processes involves using sulphuric acid and caustic soda which can destroy car engines.
Scottish Water admitted allowing a discharge of sodium hydroxide - or caustic soda - from their water treatment works at Bonnycraig near Peebles into a local stream in June last year.
Fire chiefs said it was ‘only by luck’ no-one was injured by the yellow substance, found to be a mix of caustic soda and hydrochloric acid.
Sodium hydroxide, NaOH, also known as lye and caustic soda, is one of the most important of all industrial chemicals.
Chemical experts attended to supervise the pumping of the caustic soda into another tanker and officials from the Environment Agency also carried out inspections.
Definition of caustic soda in US English:
caustic soda
nounˈˌkôstik ˈsôdəˈˌkɔstɪk ˈsɔdə
another term for sodium hydroxide
Example sentencesExamples
Fire chiefs said it was ‘only by luck’ no-one was injured by the yellow substance, found to be a mix of caustic soda and hydrochloric acid.
Scottish Water admitted allowing a discharge of sodium hydroxide - or caustic soda - from their water treatment works at Bonnycraig near Peebles into a local stream in June last year.
Sodium hydroxide, NaOH, also known as lye and caustic soda, is one of the most important of all industrial chemicals.
Chemical experts attended to supervise the pumping of the caustic soda into another tanker and officials from the Environment Agency also carried out inspections.
One of the washing processes involves using sulphuric acid and caustic soda which can destroy car engines.