Caustic Lye Cluster

+| Property | Details |+| :--- | :--- |+| **Image** | ![Caustic Lye Cluster](Caustic Lye Cluster.png) |+| **Required Tool** | [Tadpole Seafrog Chassis](Tadpole_Seafrog_Chassis) |+| **Drop** | [Caustic Lye](Caustic_Lye) |+ +A **Caustic Lye Cluster** is a large green sac found atop a massive [Dead Great Jaw](Dead_Great_Jaw) in the [Great Jaw Farms](Great_Jaw_Farms). It can be placed in a [Resource Crusher](Resource_Crusher) by a [Tadpole Seafrog Chassis](Tadpole_Seafrog_Chassis) to get [Caustic Lye](Caustic_Lye).+ +## Databank Entry+ +**Item:** Caustic Lye  +**Source:** Scan a Caustic Lye Cluster+ +> Concentrated sodium hydroxide (NaOH). Colloquially known as lye.+>+> A highly corrosive base, the chemical opposite of an acid. Where acids have a pH approaching 0 and release hydrogen ions (H+) when dissolved in water, bases have a pH approaching 14, and release hydroxide (OH-) ions when dissolved. These negatively charged ions strip protons from other substances, breaking them down.+>+> Lye attacks some metals and most living tissue, especially fat, which it converts into soap via a process termed saponification.+>+> Some organisms on Proteus apparently produce and concentrate lye, perhaps as a byproduct of methanogenic symbiote activity or as a digestive agent.+>+> Assessment: dangerously reactive. Will dissolve into seawater if not handled carefully. Possible source of industrial quantities of sodium.+ +## Gallery+ +![The Caustic Lye Cluster](Caustic Lye Cluster Ingame.png)