PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

PHYSICAL STATE

White crystalline powder

MELTING POINT

261 C

BOILING POINT

Decomposes

SPECIFIC GRAVITY

1.92

SOLUBILITY IN WATER

97 g/100 g

pH

VAPOR PRESSURE

REFRACTIVE INDEX

NFPA RATINGS

Health: 2 Flammability: 0 Reactivity: 0

AUTOIGNITION

FLASH POINT

Not considered to be a fire hazard

STABILITY

Hygroscopic. Readily absorbs moisture from the air

APPLICATIONS

Sodium formate is a white, odorless crystalline powder; soluble in water, sparingly soluble in alcohols, and insoluble in organic solvents.

1. Raw Material
   Sodium formate chemically reduces other components by donating an electron or electrons. Formic acid and oxalic acid are prepared from sodium formate. Sodium formate is used in the manufacture of sodium hydrosulfite, a common reductive bleaching chemical.
2. Reductive Bleaching Agent
   Sodium formate is used to improve the brightness and color in dyeing/printing fabrics and paper.
3. Tanning of Leather
   Sodium formate stabilize the chromium, resulting in better leather quality. It is used for better penetration and tanning time reducing
4. Deicing Chemical
   Sodium formate is less corrosive and undergoes fast melting action relative to other deicing chemicals.
5. Buffering Agent
   sodium formate improves both desulfurization efficiency and increasing lime absorbent utilization.
6. Animal Feed Additive
   sodium formate is an efficient feed additive as it improve digestibility.
7. Sodium Formate is also used in liquid detergent as a builder or an enzyme stabilizer. It is used in dyeing, in electroplating, in silage preservation

SALES SPECIFICATION

APPEARANCE

White crystalline powder

PURITY

95.0% min

NaOH

1.0% max

NaCl

1.0% max

NaCO3

3.0% max

NaS

0.1% max

MOISTURE

1.0% max