Inorganic Bases Market - Global Industry Analysis, Trends and Forecast 2014 – 2020

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In chemistry, a base is a substance that, in aqueous solution, is slippery to the touch, tastes bitter, changes the color of indicators (e.g., turns red litmus paper blue), reacts with acids to form salts, and promotes certain chemical reactions (base catalysis). Inorganic bases are described as bases derived from inorganic compounds or mineral compounds. The most common inorganic bases are ammonium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, sodium-bicarbonate, sodium hydroxide

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Ammonium hydroxide is a solution of ammonia in water; calcium hydroxide is a weak base with many industrial uses. In addition, magnesium hydroxide is referred to as brucite when found in its solid mineral form and sodium bicarbonate is a mild alkali. Sodium hydroxide is a strong inorganic base which is widely used in industrial and laboratory environments.

Calcium hydroxide has many niche applications. It is used as an ingredient in whitewash, mortar and plaster. It is used in road construction to improve the quality of excessively plastic subgrade soils. In addition, it is used to fill root canal in endodontic surgery. It is added as an additive to sea water to reduce atmospheric carbon-dioxide and mitigate the greenhouse effect. Moreover, ammonium hydroxide is a chemical depilatory agent found in most of the hair removal creams. Furthermore, it is used in the petrochemical industry for manufacturing solid oil of various marks. It is highly used in the manufacture of pesticides. Additionally, ammonium hydroxide is used for various household, industrial and laboratory applications. In furniture-making, ammonium hydroxide was traditionally used to darken or stain wood containing tannic acid. After being sealed inside a container with the wood, fumes from the ammonium hydroxide react with the tannic acid and iron salts naturally found in wood, creating a...