What is specificastion of SODIUM SULPHITE / Properties

The product is manufactured in the following grades:

• Photo
• Food
• Technical

Pulp and paper
In the production of pulp by sulphite semi-chemical process and chemi-thermo mechanical means

Water treatment
As an antichlor

Boiler water
As an oxygen scavenger 

Chemicals and drugs
A moderate reducing agent in the manufacture of sodium thiosulphate, sulphonated chemicals, sulphomethylation, and acetaminophen

Natural latex rubber
As a preservative

Photography
As a preservative 

Food industry
As an antioxidant, enzyme inhibitor and anti-microbial agent

Fibre industry
As a solvent for raw materials, an additive for precipitation baths, for bleaching and for desulphurising bobbins

Chlor-alkali 
To destroy chlorine in return brine

Leather industry
In the sulphitisation of tanning extract

Explosives
In the production of trinitrotoluene (TNT)

Minerals
Oil well floatation as an oxygen scavenger

Detergents
In the manufacture of sulphosuccinates and shampoo