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Pure Sodium Lye Flakes & Pearls | Industrial Chemical Grade

Pure Sodium Lye Flakes & Pearls | Industrial Chemical Grade

Product Attributes :

High-potency sodium lye (sodium hydroxide) formulated for soap making, chemical processing, and industrial applications. As a premier manufacturer and international exporter, we supply anhydrous 99% pure sodium lye engineered for maximum reactivity, fast solubility, and minimal residue formation.

Produced under strict ISO quality controls, our sodium lye is a vital saponification agent for handcrafted and commercial soaps, turning fats into rich, creamy lather. Beyond soap crafting, it serves as a powerful base chemical for biodiesel synthesis, textile processing, paper manufacturing, and heavy-duty drain line maintenance.

We provide flexible, moisture-sealed packaging options ranging from 25kg multi-wall bags with protective polyethylene liners to 1,000kg bulk tote containers. Backed by complete safety documentation (MSDS) and batch-tested Certificates of Analysis (COA), our supply chain delivers reliable consistency at direct factory rates. Contact our technical team today for sample requests, technical support, and competitive bulk pricing.

Product Description

Technical Specifications (COA)

Property	Standard Requirement	Typical Result
Appearance	White Flakes / Pearls	Pass
Purity ( $\text{NaOH}$ )	≥99.0%	99.3%
Sodium Carbonate ( $\text{Na}_2\text{CO}_3$ )	≤0.5%	0.3%
Sodium Chloride ( $\text{NaCl}$ )	≤0.03%	0.015%
Iron ( $\text{Fe}$ )	≤0.005%	0.002%

Key Product Features

High Saponification Efficiency: Yields precise, concentrated alkaline strength specifically calibrated for commercial and artisan soap makers. This ensures complete triglyceride conversion into premium soap bases without leaving behind unreacted unsaponified oils, cloudy residues, or soft batch spots.
Low Moisture Content (Anhydrous Specification): Engineered under strict thermal drying standards to maintain an ultra-low moisture profile. This true anhydrous formulation prevents premature caking, clumping, and chemical degradation during long-distance maritime transport and extended warehouse storage.
Rapid & Powerful Heat Reaction: Dissolves rapidly and completely in aqueous solution through a strongly exothermic dissolution process. This swift kinetic reaction generates immediate thermal energy that speeds up mixing cycles, reduces mechanical heating overhead, and lowers overall batch processing times.
Heavy-Duty Protective Packaging: Transported and stored in heavy-duty, multi-layer woven bags reinforced with thick high-density polyethylene (HDPE) inner liners. This hermetic barrier shields the hygroscopic material against atmospheric moisture absorption, ambient carbon dioxide exposure, and chemical breakdown.
High Purity & Consistent Reaction Rates: Manufactured using modern membrane-cell technology to keep trace impurities, heavy metals, and sodium carbonate levels extremely low, guaranteeing clean and predictable chemical reactions in every batch.

Primary Industrial Uses

Soap & Cosmetics Manufacturing: Serves as the indispensable core alkaline ingredient (lye) for solid bar soap production, specialized liquid soap bases, and saponified personal care cleansers, delivering predictable bar hardness, rich lathering performance, and consistent batch quality.
Biodiesel & Chemical Processing: Acts as a vital, high-potency catalyst during the transesterification of vegetable oils and animal fats in commercial biofuel production. It also functions as a primary alkaline precursor in various organic synthesis pathways and sodium salt manufacturing.
Textile & Pulp Industry: Widely deployed in the Kraft pulping process for wood digestion and lignin extraction to produce high-strength paper pulp. In textile operations, it performs essential cotton fiber mercerization, scouring, and dye bath preparation to enhance fabric luster, tensile strength, and dye absorption.
Industrial Sanitation & Cleaning Formulations: Formulated directly into heavy-duty industrial degreasers, commercial pipe blockages openers, and Clean-in-Place (CIP) equipment cleansers to rapidly break down stubborn grease, protein deposits, and biological biofilms across food, beverage, and dairy processing facilities.
Water Treatment & Environmental Protection: Utilized as a primary alkaline agent in municipal water plants and industrial wastewater facilities for precise pH neutralization, controlling acidity, and precipitating toxic heavy metal ions for safe environmental filtration.