Sodium Sulfide
Sodium sulfide is a yellow to brick-red solid or flakes with an odor of hydrogen sulfide (rotten eggs). It is highly soluble in water and forms an alkaline solution.
APPLICATION & USAGE
- Leather Industry: Sodium sulfide is commonly used in the leather industry for dehairing and tanning processes.
- Chemical Manufacturing: It serves as a reducing agent and sulfur source in various chemical reactions, including the production of other sulfur compounds.
- Ore Processing: Sodium sulfide is used in the mining industry for the extraction of certain metals from their ores.
- Wastewater Treatment: It is employed in wastewater treatment processes to remove heavy metals through precipitation or precipitation-flocculation.
- Pulp and Paper Industry: Sodium sulfide is utilized in the pulp and paper industry to digest wood chips in the Kraft process for pulp production.
- Textile Industry: It is used in the preparation of certain dyes and as a desulfurizing agent in textile processes.
SIMILAR NAME
- Sodium monosulfide
- Disodium monosulfide
PACKING
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