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Is sodium hydroxide an alkali?


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Sodium hydroxide: Sodium hydroxide is a compound which has OH- ion.

  1. It is a base and highly soluble in water.
  2. The reaction is given as- NaOH(aq)+H2O(aq)Na+(aq)+OH-(aq)
  3. Sodium hydroxide is a strong alkali as it has a high degree of dissociation.
  4. The pH of sodium hydroxide comes to 12.

Hence, sodium hydroxide is an alkali.


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