Sodium hydrosulfite

Sodium hydrosulfite uses and applications include: Chemical reagent for the reduction of aldehydes and ketones to alcohols; vat dyeing of fibers and textiles; stripping agent for dyes; wood pulp bleaching; bleaching food, sugar, soap, oils, paper, clay, textiles; oxygen scavenger for synthetic rubbers; polymerization terminator (SB rubber production); photography; paint raw material; gas analysis; rust remover; pharmaceuticals (reducing agent; salvarsan; urine tests for detection of paraquat poisoning); reducing agent, viscous control agent in cosmetics; reducing agent in textile dyeing; chromium reducing agent in effluent treatment; kaolin bleaching in mining; migrating to food from paperpaperboard; in food-contact textiles Suggested storage of Sodium hydrosulfite: Moisture-sensitive