Official Inorganic Bases

Vocabulary flashcards covering official inorganic bases, their alternative names, chemical properties, concentrations, and applications based on Module 6 notes.

Strong Ammonia Solution

An inorganic base, also known as Ammonium Hydroxide or Stronger Ammonia Water, containing NLT $27\%$ ammonia; used as a Brønsted base to form NH salts of acids, in manufacturing HNO and NaHCO, and in preparing Aromatic Ammonia Spirit NF 25.

Diluted Ammonia Solution

An inorganic base, also known as ammonia water or household ammonia, containing NLT $9\,\text{g}$ and NMT $10\,\text{g}$ of NHI per $100\,\text{mL}$; used for cleaning floors and walls, removing stains, and repelling insects in drawers and closets.

Calcium Hydroxide

An inorganic base, also known as Slaked Lime or Calcium Hydrate, present in a solution containing NLT $140\,\text{mg}$ per $100\,\text{mL}$; used to make mortars, plasters, and cement, in dentistry for atcanal filling, as a fluid electrolyte and topical astringent, in gas traps, and with Na Lime to form calcium soaps.

Potassium Hydroxide

An inorganic base, also known as Caustic Potash or Potassa, that is deliquescent, rapidly caustic on tissues, acts as a strong saponifying agent, hydrolyzes esters of fatty acids into constituent alcohols, titrates acids, treats skin, hair, or nail fungal infections, and is used for chemical cremation in veterinary medicine.

Slaked Lime

Another name for Calcium Hydroxide, which is also known as Calcium Hydrate.

Caustic Potash

Another name for Potassium Hydroxide, which is also referred to as Potassa.

Deliquescent

A property of a substance, such as Potassium Hydroxide, characterized by absorbing water from the air to dissolve or melt.

Chemical Cremation

A process in veterinary medicine utilizing Potassium Hydroxide to hasten the decomposition of dead animal tissues, leaving behind only bones and hard tissues.

Aromatic Ammonia Spirit NF 25

A pharmaceutical preparation produced using Strong Ammonia Solution.