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What is the industrial use of formic acid (CAS 64-18-6)?

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CAS 64-18-6 Formic acid is one of the basic organic chemical raw materials and is widely used in industries such as pesticides, leather, dyes, medicines and rubber. Formic acid can be directly used in fabric processing, tanning, textile printing and dyeing, and storage of green fodder. It can also be used as a metal surface treatment agent, rubber additive and industrial solvent. In organic synthesis, it is used to synthesize various formate esters, acridine dyes and formamide series pharmaceutical intermediates.

 

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What is the industrial use of formic acid (CAS 64-18-6)?

1. Agriculture

1)The preservation of silage and grain, can be used for storage, storage agent, antiseptic agent

Formic acid is one of the most powerful pH in organic acids. In addition to inhibit the growth of mold and spoilage bacteria, can improve the content of soluble carbohydrates in the feed, to prevent protein hydrolysis.

 

2.Pharmaceutical industry
In Pharmaceutical and pesticide industry acid used as local stimulation drugs, foaming paste and astringent and so on, camphor, vitamin B1,

 

3.Leather industry
Formic acid used as leather depilation, ash removal, expansion and soft agent. Formic acid instead of sulfuric acid used for dyeing and disinfection, to prevent damp leather mildew.

 

4.Textile Industry
In textile and dyeing industry, formic acid used to eliminate printing Tyco submicron sodium nitrate method of nitrite gas agent, weak acid dyes, neutral dyes dyeing auxiliaries and reactive dyes dyed nylon dye.

 

5.Rubber Industry
Formic acid as coagulant can make high quality natural rubber, reduce the production cost, but also can be used for the regeneration of waste rubber.

 

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