Formic Acid 85%
Eastman Chemical Company
Product Overview
Formic acid has been used for many years as an environmentally friendly alternative in industries such as textiles, natural rubber and leather processing. It is also used in agriculture, as well as in the production of medicines, cosmetics, detergents and disinfectants. It has excellent properties in controlling acidity, while at the same time effectively restricting microbial growth.
Formic acid is the strongest of the simple, unsaturated carboxylic acids. Furthermore, unlike other organic acids, formic acid has the advantage of being both a carboxylic acid and an aldehyde. It acts, therefore, both as an acidifying and a reducing agent, which clearly gives formic acid enhanced potential for use in industry.
The leather and textile processing industries use formic acid for tanning and dye fixing as well as a neutralizing agent and pH adjuster. Formic acid is added to cleaning products and perfumes, and is used as a miticide in bees and as wart remover in humans
Taminco
Taminco now a subsidiary of Eastman Chemical Company
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