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. 2014 Aug 14;10(4):342–359. doi: 10.1007/s13181-014-0417-0

Table 27.

Caustics

N (%)
Caustic Unspecified 16 (18.0)
Sodium hypochlorite (unknown concentration) 16 (18.0)
Sodium hydroxide 12 (13.5)
Hydrochloric acid 7 (7.9)
Potassium hydroxide 7 (13.5)
Sulfuric acid 5 (5.6)
Miscellaneousa 27 (30.7)

aIncludes acetic acid, boric acid, hydrogen peroxide (>10 %), sodium hypochlorite (>6 %), ammonium bifluoride, ammonium chloride, ammonium nitrate, formaldehyde, nitric acid, peroxyacetic acid, potassium permanganate, and zinc chloride