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caustification

caustification noun: the production of caustic soda (or caustic potash) by treatment of sodium carbonate (or potassium carbonate) with quicklime.

Noun

caustification (uncountable)

  1. The production of caustic soda (or caustic potash) by treatment of sodium carbonate (or potassium carbonate) with quicklime

Origin of caustification

From caustic + -ification.

Questions about caustification

What does caustification mean?
Caustification means the production of caustic soda (or caustic potash) by treatment of sodium carbonate (or potassium carbonate) with quicklime.
What part of speech is caustification?
Caustification is a noun.

Words near caustification in the dictionary

  1. causticks
  2. causticly
  3. causticness
  4. caustics
  5. Causticum
  6. caustification
  7. caustobiolith
  8. caustobioliths
  9. Causton
  10. caut
  11. cauted

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