PROPERTIES : Sodium sulphate anhydros is the sodium salt of sulphuric acid . It is generally found in white crystalline solid or powdered form . It is odorless and non toxic in nature .It is one of the worlds most common commodity chemical used.It readily absorbs moisture from air . It is soluble in water and insoluble in ethanol . It is found naturally in mineral thernadite . It melts itself at 844 degree centigrade .
FORMULA:Na2So4
SYNONYMS : Disodium sulfate; sulfuric acid, disodium salt; sodium sulfate;
USES :Sodium sulphate anhydrous is widely used in the manufacture of detergents , leathers, plastics , glass and porcelains .It is also applied in metal smelting , paper making, tanning, surface treatment and as a filler in detergent .In the textile industry, it is used to extract dye from the solution of dye bath.It also helps in giving a fine finish to synthetic fibres.In food stuff,it acts as a substitute of sodium carbonate .Pharmaceutically, It finds an important place in laxative and antidote . It acts as an anticorrosive agent in petroleum,gas pipeline,surface treatment and metallurgy.It involves itself too,in the manufacture of various chemicals.Its moisture absorbing ability gives it an extra benefit to be used as a drying agent in certain organic liquid.
