Sodium formate - 141-53-7

Key Functions: Cosmetics & Personal Care, Industrial / Manufacturing

Sodium formate is a small carboxylic acid salt that is used in personal care products as a buffering agent and preservative, and in various consumer and industrial products including paints, lacquers, varnishes, surface treatments, corrosion inhibitors, cleaning products, coloring agents, adhesives, binding agents,photographic chemicals, process regulators, tanning agents, anti-freeze agents, viscosity adjustors, flocculating agents, laboratory chemicals, and electroplating agents.(NICNAS 2020). It is made by reaction of sodium hydroxide and carbon monoxide heated under pressure, and also from the manufacture of pentaerythritol (HSDB 2003).

Chemical Synonyms Formic acid, sodium salt; Salachlor; Formic acid, Na salt; Sodium formiate

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