Caustic Soda ndi alkali wamphamvu wokhala ndi corrosiveness, nthawi zambiri amakhala ngati flakes kapena midadada, sungunuka mosavuta m'madzi (exothermic ikasungunuka m'madzi) ndikupanga njira ya alkaline, komanso yonyowa.
Pogonana, ndikosavuta kuyamwa mpweya wamadzi (wonyowa) ndi carbon dioxide (kuwonongeka) mumlengalenga, ndipo ukhoza kuwonjezeredwa ndi hydrochloric acid kuti muwone ngati wawonongeka.