Mention the uses of the following bases and mention the property exploited in those uses.
(a) Sodium hydroxide
(b) Calcium hydroxide
(c) Magnesium hydroxide

Explanation

Uses of bases
`{:(,"Name of base",,"Use","Property exploited"),((a),"Sodium hydroxide",(i),"Manufacture of soap","Reaction with oil"),(,"(caustic soda)and",(ii),"Paper pulp preparation","Reaction with hydrocarbons"),(,"potassium hydroxide",,,"of wood"),(,,(iii),"Synthetic fibres",),(,,(iv),"Manufacture of medicines",),((b),"Calcium hydroxide",(i),"Making mortar","Nectralization of acidity of soils"),(,,(ii),"Removal of hair from animal skin",),(,,(iii),"Spread on beetle leaves","Hardening of mortar on exposure to air"),(,,(iv),"Preparation bleaching powder",),(,,(v),"Preparation of metallic sodium",),(,,(vi),"Used as laboratory regent",),((c),"Magnesium hydroxide",,"Antacid","Neutralising action on excess"),(,,,,"HCI produced in the stomach"):}`