Sodium Hexametaphosphate
Sodium hexametaphosphate is a kind of sodium metaphosphate polymers.
Description
Sodium hexametaphosphate has many uses in various industrial applications, such as water treatment, painting, detergent and toothpaste manufacturing, ceramic manufacturing.
Sodium Hexametaphosphate is used
- as a boiler water softener, deflocculating, dispersing and antiscale agent in water treatment industry;
- as floatation/coating agent in metallurgy, to form a thin passivating film that protects metals from corrosion;
- as a dispersing agent in painting and paper making industry (binding material of high temperature);
- as a water softener in the textile industry, and as dispersing in pigmenting and dyeing operations.
It is also used in oil well drilling.
Additional information
| Appearance | White powder, glassy piece or granular |
|---|---|
| Odor | Odorless |
| Specific gravity | 2.484 g/cm3 (@20 ºC) |
| Melting point | 616 ºC decomp. |
| Boiling point | 1500°C |
| Solubility | Soluble in water; Insoluble in an organic solvent |
