Molecular Formula: HCOONa
Sodium formate is used in the leather industry, as a camouflage acid in the chrome tanning process, as a catalyst and as a stabilizing synthetic agent. Sodium formate is used as a food preservative in the food industry, for the preservation of soy sauce, vinegar, low-salt pickles, fruit juice, jam, fruit wine, soda, beverage syrup, tobacco, etc. Sodium formate is also used for anti-corrosion and anti-mildew of anti-rust paper, latex paint, shoe polish, glue, and fabric. In addition, Sodium formate can also be used to manufacture mordants in the dye industry, plasticizers in the plastics industry, and as a raw material in the perfume industry. Sodium formate is used in several fabric dyeing and printing processes. It is also used as a buffering agent for strong mineral acids to increase their pH, as a de-icing agent, used to formulate brine used in drilling, workover and completion operations,
