General properties of Bases:
• Have a soapy feel,
• May also burn the skin
• Common examples are soaps & detergents.
• Commonly found bases in laboratories and in our daily life are: Caustic soda, NaOH; Caustic potash, KOH; Milk of magnesia, Mg(OH)2; Liquor ammonia, NH3; Washing powder, Tooth paste.
