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Lye is another word for a strong alkali, and sodium hydroxide happens to be the most common. If you have lye in a water solution, there is no way you can get the NaOH out of it. But solid lye or solid drain cleaner provides the solid form of the product.

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To recover sodium hydroxide from lye, you can first evaporate the water to concentrate the solution. Then, you can use techniques like electrolysis or precipitation with a suitable agent to separate the sodium hydroxide from the other components in the solution. Finally, you can dry and purify the sodium hydroxide to obtain a solid form.

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