Caustic Soda ndi alkali wamphamvu ndi corrosiveness amphamvu, zambiri mu mawonekedwe a flakes kapena midadada, mosavuta sungunuka m'madzi (exothermic pamene kusungunuka m'madzi) ndi kupanga njira zamchere, ndi deliquescent Pogonana, n'zosavuta kuyamwa madzi nthunzi (deliquescent) ndi carbon dioxide (kuwonongeka) mu mlengalenga, ndipo izo zikhoza kuwonjezeredwa ndi asidi hydrochloric.