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Triethanolamine (TEA) is a viscous organic compound that is both a tertiary amine and a triol. A triol is a molecule with three alcohol groups. Triethanolamine is a strong base. Triethanolamine can also be abbreviated as TEOA, which can help to distinguish it from triethylamine. Approximately 150,000 tonnes were produced in 1999.t is a colourless compound although samples may appear yellow because of impurities.

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Caustic Soda also known as Sodium hydroxide is a white, deliquescent solid. It is highly hygroscopic and absorbs the moisture, carbon dioxide or sulfur dioxide in the air. Sodium hydroxide is used as an industrial cleaning agent and can dissolve grease, oils, fats and protein-based deposits.

Its solution in water used to clean process equipment, storage tanks, waste discharge pipes under sinks and drains in domestic properties. Surfactants can be added to the sodium hydroxide solution in to stabilize dissolved substances and thus prevent redeposition.

Magnesium sulfate is an inorganic salt with the formula MgSO4(H2O)x . It is often encountered as the heptahydrate sulfate mineral epsomite (MgSO4·7H2O), commonly called Epsom salt. The overall global annual usage in the mid-1970s of the monohydrate was 2.3 million tons, of which the majority was used in agriculture.