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Figure 5 Viscosities of Caustic Soda Solutions
100
10
1
0.1
340
170
320
150
BOILING POINT
300
130
280
260
240
110
180
160
70
140
FREEZING POINT
50
TEMPERATURE, °F
0%
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20%
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30%
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50%
90
60%
75%
N
70% aOH
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30
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10
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FREEZING
POINT
TEMPERATURE, °C
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10 8
6
4
2
1 0.8 0.6
0.4
0.2
0.1
VISCOSITY, CPS
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