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  • Sodium hydroxide is used in the manufacture of soap. It is used in petroleum refining; in making medicines, paper, pulp, etc. It is used in making rayon.
  • Calcium hydroxide is also known as slaked lime. It is used to neutralize acid in water supplies; in the manufacture of bleaching powder; as a dressing material for acid burns; as an antidote for food poisoning.
  • Ammonium hydroxide is used to remove ink spots from clothes and to remove grease from window-panes. It is used in the cosmetic industry.
  • Alkalis are used in alkaline batteries. Generally, potassium hydroxide is used in such batteries.
  • Strontium hydroxide(Sr(OH)2) is used in the food industry for the refining of beet sugar.

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