causticizer

noun

caus·​ti·​ciz·​er

-zə(r)

plural -s

1

: a chemical worker who makes caustic soda by controlling chemical reactions of soda ash and milk of lime in a dissolving tank and a reactor

2

: one who makes caustic liquor for digesting wood chips into pulp by mixing and heating lime, soda ash, and water in a wooden vat

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