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Photo of a pot of ash for making lye
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Lye is a corrosive, alkaline chemical. It was traditionally made from hardwood ash, and is an ingredient in soap. Modern lye is called caustic soda, or sodium hydroxide and is no longer made from ash.
Rick Bradley / CC BY-SA