A hazmat incident that prompted a shelter-in-place order for a section of Yonkers on Friday, March 14, was caused by a chemical reaction inside a truck, officials said. According to the New York City ...

Some residents at the Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers were asked to shelter in place on Friday due to a chemical reaction involving a DEP truck The incident happened just before 11 a.m. and involved a 3 ...

A small piece of sodium metal is placed in water. The sodium reacts with the water and gets very hot, producing sodium hydroxide and hydrogen gas. The demonstration shown in this video is very ...

Fat/Oil + Sodium\, Hydroxide \rightarrow Soap + Glycerol ... Sodium stearate (a white solid) is the most common type of soap. Each molecule consists of a long non-polar covalent hydrocarbon ...

Introduction Caustic soda, chemically known as sodium hydroxide (NaOH), is a highly alkaline and corrosive compound widely used in various indu ...

Chemical equations can be written to describe ... Let's imagine we are mixing a common acid like nitric acid and a common alkali - sodium hydroxide. When they react water and a salt called sodium ...