Sodium Bisulphate/Bisulfate CAS NO.7681-38-1

Sodium Bisulfate (powder form) – pH reducer – is an acid salt formed by partial neutralization of sulfuric acid by an equivalent of sodium base, either in the form of sodium hydroxide or sodium chloride, It has many uses including pH reducer, fungicide, herbicide or microbicide.

Sodium Bisulfate used in a variety of industries like water treatment (pH Reducer or pH decreaser), cleaning compounds, chemical distribution, metal treating, swimming pool pH reducer, sodium bisulfate common names goes by several including: sodium acid sulfate, sodium hydrogen sulfate, sodium bisulphate, Cut-Work (Pakistan)

Sodium Bisulfate applications in the various industries include;

i.  As a swimming pool ph decreaser where it is used for pH reducer in swimming pools and spas for effective chlorination. (also ph reducer for saltwater pools)

ii. For water treatment for water balance: used as a scale remover in boilers, in cooling towers and water lines.

iii. Cleaning compounds, used as the acidifier and the cleaning ingredient in many compounds. The cleaning compounds are mostly used for hard water areas which generate iron deposits.

iv. Metal finishing, sodium hydrogen sulfate is a major component in dry acid baths formulations used in metal cleaning. It is used for cleaning metals like copper, brass, zinc, titanium, steel, aluminum and stainless steel.

v.  Litter treatment on Poultry Sweetener and as a urine acidifier to reduce urinary stones in cats

vi. In jewelry making, sodium bisulfate is the primary ingredient used in many pickling solutions to remove the oxidation layer from surfaces which occur after heating.

vii. pH reducer and salt reducer in Food. It is AAFCO approved as a general-use feed additive, including companion animal food and to leaven cake mixes to make them rise. It lowers pH without a sour taste and has been used in the place of citric acid, malic or phosphoric acids. In addition, it can also be used as an anti-browning agent.

viii. In textiles industry. It is sometimes applied to velvet cloth made with a silk backing and a pile of cellulose-based fiber (rayon, cotton, hemp) to create burnout velvet