sodium formate
- Deicing Agent: Sodium formate is used in airports for deicing runways. It is preferred over chloride salts due to its less corrosive nature.
- Leather Industry: It is used in the tanning process to neutralize the sulfuric acid used in the deliming process.
- Textile Dyeing: Acts as a buffering agent.
- Feed Additive: Used as a preservative in animal feed.
- Chemical Synthesis: Intermediate in the production of formic acid and oxalic acid.