Sodium Formate

Sodium Formate: White crystalline powder with water absorbing performance and slight formic acid odour, soluble in water glycerol, slightly soluble in ethanol, not soluble in ether. Its melting point is 253°C.

Origin: China

Synthetic method: carbon monoxide taken from coke, react with caustic soda and be evaporated and dried out.

By product: pentaerythritol

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Mainly applied to the manufacture of formic acid and oxalic acid, as well as to the manufacture of dimethyl formamide.