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Waylander
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In terms of storage, I thought that glass was the safest bet for chemicals: No leeching, no real degradation (neglecting it's an amorphous solid), affordable, etc...

However, I recently heard that NAOHNaOH will actually react with glass. What is this reaction? What is the preferred way to store sodium hydroxide, if not glass?

In terms of storage, I thought that glass was the safest bet for chemicals: No leeching, no real degradation (neglecting it's an amorphous solid), affordable, etc...

However, I recently heard that NAOH will actually react with glass. What is this reaction? What is the preferred way to store sodium hydroxide, if not glass?

In terms of storage, I thought that glass was the safest bet for chemicals: No leeching, no real degradation (neglecting it's an amorphous solid), affordable, etc...

However, I recently heard that NaOH will actually react with glass. What is this reaction? What is the preferred way to store sodium hydroxide, if not glass?

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Reaction between sodium hydroxide and glass?

In terms of storage, I thought that glass was the safest bet for chemicals: No leeching, no real degradation (neglecting it's an amorphous solid), affordable, etc...

However, I recently heard that NAOH will actually react with glass. What is this reaction? What is the preferred way to store sodium hydroxide, if not glass?