CALCIUM FORMATE


Calcium formate, Ca(HCOO)2 , is the calcium salt of formic acid, HCOOH, it appears as white crystalline powder

Calcium formate is produced in various ways, for example by reacting formic acid with calcium hydroxide or by the action of carbon monoxide on calcium hydroxide. Syntheses of this type are described, for example, in Ullmann's Enzyklopdie der Organischen Chemie

The most important industrial production of calcium formate is carried out in the course of various processes which are known in the literature for preparing polyols, in which calcium formate is obtained as by-product . The preparation of trimethylolpropane from n-butyraldehyde and form-aldehyde using calcium hydroxide as base may be mentioned as an example here. In this process, calcium formate is produced as a coupled product. It is also known as food additive E238 in food industry

Our Calcium Formate is produced by reacting formic acid with FOOD GRADE calcium hydroxide, this guarantee high purity of above 99% and very lower heavy metals residuals, could be used for wide application like below:

APPLICATION


Calcium Formate is used as an important set-accelerator in cement and concrete industry, such an accelerating admixtures are added to concrete either to increase the rate of early strength development or to shorten the time of setting, or both.

Calcium formate is an organic acid salt for use in pig and poultry diets. It acts as a preservative in the feed and also has an acidifying effect in the gastro-intestinal tract, promoting good gut health. The efficiency of pig and poultry digestion is dependant on the indigenous micro-organism population of the gastro-intestinal tract. With the approaching ban on the use of prophylactic antibiotics in animal feed to control disease and promote growth, alternatives are needed to control the proliferation of pathogenic bacteria in the gut which can impair feed utilisation and manifest itself as enteric diseases such as E. Coli and Salmonella. Acidifiers such as calcium formate preserve the feed before consumption and then act to lower pH in the gastro-intestinal tract which creates unfavourable conditions for these bacteria to grow.

SPECIFICATION

Parameter Limits
Molecular Ca(HCOO)2
Molecular Weight 130
Purity, % 98 Min.
Total Cacium (Ca), % 30.1 Min.
Heavy Metals (as Pb), % 0.001 Max.
Arsenic (As), % 0.0003 Max.
Water insoluble, .% 0.20 Max.
Loss on Drying, % 0.5 Max.
pH value (10% Solution) 6.5-7.5
Appearance White crystalline powder, free following

Packing
25kg woven polypropylene bags with innner polyethylene liner, or kraft paper bags, Flexible IBC bulk bags is also available

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