Physical Properties Of Sodium Hydroxide

Sodium hydroxide is a white translucent crystalline solid. The water solution has astringent taste and creamy feeling. Corrosive.

Solubility: easily soluble in water, dissolved when the release of a lot of heat. Soluble in ethanol, glycerol.

Deliquescence: easy to deliquescence in the air.

Water absorption: strong alkali moisture absorption, exposure to the air, the absorption of water molecules in the air, and finally will be completely dissolved into a solution, but the liquid sodium hydroxide is not hygroscopic.