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what is caustic acid?
Thanks for your question.
I've never come accross the term "caustic acid" : "caustic" usually refers to an alkaline material that is corrosive.
For example, "caustic soda" refers to the alkali Sodium Hydroxide. Hope this is useful to you, but if not, please feel free to ak a "follow-up". Thank you.
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