Caustic
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Caustic may refer to:
- Causticity, the property of a substance that causes corrosion
- Sodium hydroxide, sometimes called caustic soda
- Potassium hydroxidePotassium hydroxidePotassium hydroxide is an inorganic compound with the formula KOH, commonly called caustic potash.Along with sodium hydroxide , this colorless solid is a prototypical strong base. It has many industrial and niche applications. Most applications exploit its reactivity toward acids and its corrosive...
, sometimes called caustic potash - Calcium oxideCalcium oxideCalcium oxide , commonly known as quicklime or burnt lime, is a widely used chemical compound. It is a white, caustic, alkaline crystalline solid at room temperature....
, sometimes called caustic lime
- Caustic (optics)Caustic (optics)In optics, a caustic or caustic network is the envelope of light rays reflected or refracted by a curved surface or object, or the projection of that envelope of rays on another surface. The caustic is a curve or surface to which each of the light rays is tangent, defining a boundary of an...
, the envelope of light rays reflected or refracted by a curved surface or object, or the projection of that envelope of rays on another surface - Caustic (mathematics)Caustic (mathematics)In differential geometry and geometric optics, a caustic is the envelope of rays either reflected or refracted by a manifold. It is related to the optical concept of caustics...
, the envelope of rays reflected or refracted by a manifold, in differential geometry - Caustic (band)Caustic (band)Fanale has claimed Caustic's genre to be "Jizzcore," as a joke about the amount of self-indulgent, artist-created subgenres in industrial.Influences Matt Fanale has referenced include Revolting Cocks, Hank III, Pop Will Eat Itself, Chemlab, Atari Teenage Riot, and Stromkern, as well as the...
, an American industrial/powernoise band - Caustic Window, an alias of Aphex TwinAphex TwinRichard David James , best known under the pseudonym Aphex Twin, is an Irish-born electronic musician and composer described as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music"...
(electronic musician Richard D. James)