Formic acid 85%

Combining excellent efficiency with high environmental compatibility, formic acid scores high in countless applications.

General

Bees, airline passengers, oil rig operators and pigs don’t have much in common but there’s one thing they share: they all benefit from Formic acid.

BASF is a leading global supplier of Formic acid with production facilities in Europe (Germany), Asia (China) and North America (USA).
Applications
Formic acid: This acidic all-rounder is the stuff innovations are made of. It is appreciated in a great variety of applications.
Cleaning & Biocide
Formic Acid is used in a variety of households & industrial cleaning applications: e.g. cleaning and descaling of equipment, and cleaning of bathroom surfaces
Feed & Silage
Formic Acid is used as a multitalent in feed, preservation and silage. In animal feed additives, Formic acid is used as a growth promoter. Organic acids, including formic are often blended in mixtures for use as alternatives to antibiotics. In silage (grass and fish), Formic Acid prevents bacteria and mold growth.
Textile & Leather Processing
Formic acid is used in several steps of leather processing to control the pH of waste-water.
Latex Coagulation
One of the traditional uses of Formic acid is the coagulation of natural rubber (produced primarily in south-east Asia).
Building Block for Formate Salts for drilling fluids & deicing agents.

- Drilling Fluid:
Formic acid is the starting material for the production of potassium formate and cesium formate used in the Oil & Gas industry.
- Deicing Agent:
Formic acid as formate de-icer is the high performance de-icer of choice for commercial and residential de-icing. Potassium formate, a salt of formic acid, is an alternative to potassium acetate for use on airport runways, roadways and bridges.
Other applications & Industries (examples)
- Agricultural Biocides
- Flue Gas desulfurization
- Pretreatment for the conversion of sugarcane bagasse to bioethanol
- Wood adhesive
- Paper Industry
- Steel Pickling
- Process Chemical (e.g. adjustment of pH)
- Epoxidation of soybean oils: Plasticizers
- Fuel Cell

Product Details

CAS No.: 64-18-6

Package Information

0,5KG Glass bottle

1194KG Composite IBC

1200KG Composite IBC

1KG Glass bottle

240KG Plastic drums

25KG Plastic jerricans

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