What is sodium formate?
Sodium formate, with the chemical formula HCOONa and a molecular weight of 68.01, occurs as a white crystal or powder that is readily soluble in water and insoluble or slightly soluble in alcohol. Sodium formate is a reducing salt that reacts with many oxidants to release carbon dioxide and formic acid.
What is sodium formate used for?
Sodium Formate Uses
- Sodium Formate is mainly used for the production of formic acid, oxalic acid, and insurance powder, etc.
- It is very useful in medicine, printing, and dyeing industries. It is also a heavy metal precipitant.
- It can also be used as a reductive bleaching agent, buffering agent, and tanning of leather.
- Sodium Formate is applied as the reagent for the determination of phosphorus and arsenic, disinfectant, and mordant.
- It could be used as alkyd paints, plasticizers, high explosives, acid-resistant materials, aviation lubricants, and additives for adhesives.
- It is applied for precipitating noble metals, and may form trivalent metal complex ions in the solution. The buffer effect will help to correct the pH value of strong mineral acids to be higher. It can be a precipitant of heavy metals.
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