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Geoengineering test put 65,000 L of chemicals into the ocean

Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution released 65,000 litres of sodium hydroxide into the Gulf of Maine ...

Testing the waters: can pumping chemicals into the ocean help stop global heating?

To some it was a reckless experiment but scientists hope the dispersal of 65,000 litres of sodium hydroxide into the Gulf of Maine could ease the climate crisis ...
Boston Herald

Cape Cod scientists want to dump 60,000+ gallons of sodium hydroxide into ocean in climate change experiment

Environmentalists and fishermen are pushing back against a plan from a group of scientists who want to dump more than 60,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide, more commonly known as lye, into the ocean off ...
CNN

Someone tried to poison a Florida city by hacking into the water treatment system, sheriff says

A hacker gained access into the water treatment system of Oldsmar, Florida, on Friday and tried to increase the levels of sodium hydroxide – commonly referred to as lye – in the city’s water, ...
C&EN

Sodium polyacrylate

Sodium polyacrylate is made by first neutralizing acrylic acid with sodium hydroxide, then using aqueous catalytic solution polymerization to form the polymer. Alternatively, acrylate polymers such as ...
Nature

X-Ray Analysis of the Swelling of Wood Pulp in Sodium Hydroxide Solution

INVESTIGATIONS 1 on the hydrolysis and water-regaining properties of wood pulp, cotton and cotton linters swelled in sodium hydroxide solutions of varying concentrations showed that, whereas for wood ...