What does causticity mean?
Causticity means The quality of being physically caustic; burning, corrosive..
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/kɔːˈstɪsɪti/ · noun
The quality of being physically caustic; burning, corrosive..
1996, Christopher J. Biermann, Handbook of Pulping and Papermaking, Academic Press, 3.8 Kraft Pulping, p. 89, https://books.google.ca/books?id=sfZfyEmqs_AC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Causticity is the ratio of NaOH to active alkali (as always both chemicals are on an Na₂O basis), expressed as a percentage.
Causticity is that sharp and corroding quality, which many substances possess, such as the mineral acids, especially when concentrated, alkalies fixed and volatile, quicklime, arsenic, corrosive sublimate, lunar crystals, butter of antimony, and even most other salts with metallic bases.
Some years ago, we read in a U.S. trade paper a method for determining causticity of bottle-washing solution when foil labels are contained on the bottles undergoing cleansing treatment.
[…] one in whom a discreet causticity went along with a manner less genial than polite […]
He had not, he remarked with crushing causticity to one of his ministers, liberated France ‘to worry about the macaroni ration’.
Use causticity when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Causticity means The quality of being physically caustic; burning, corrosive..
Common synonyms include pungency.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1996, Christopher J. Biermann, Handbook of Pulping and Papermaking, Academic Press, 3.8 Kraft Pulping, p. 89, https://books.google.ca/books?id=sfZfyEmqs_AC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Causticity is the ratio of NaOH to active alkali (as always both chemicals are on an Na₂O basis), expressed as a percentage.
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