SODIUM FORMATE

CAS No.84050-15-7

Characteristic

Room temperature is white or pale yellow crystalline solid, slightly deliquescence. Slightly formic acid smell. Moisture absorption. At high temperature, the decomposition of sodium oxalate and hydrogen, and then the formation of sodium carbonate. Soluble in about 1.3 parts of water. Soluble in glycerin, slightly soluble in alcohol, alcohol, insoluble in ether. Its aqueous solution is alkaline. Relative density 1.92. Melting point 253. Irritating. The product often contains 2 molecules of crystal water.

Specification

Packing

In 25 kg or 50kgplastic woven bag lined with PE bag net each.

Application

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) 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