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Sodium tripolyphosphate, Thermo Scientific Chemicals

Product Code. 11366778
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Quantity:
500 g
2 kg

Description

Sodium tripolyphosphate is used in water softening, heavy-duty fabric washing, automatic dish washing, drilling fluid cleaning and liquid cattle feed supplements. It is also used as a peptizing, emulsifying, dispersing agent and as a hydrogen peroxide solution stabilizer. It acts as a preservative for seafood, meats, poultry, and animal feeds. It finds application as a polyanion crosslinker in polysaccharide based drug delivery. Further, it is used as a sealant for leaking farm ponds and a calcium and magnesium chelating agent. In addition to this, it is used in ceramics, leather tanning, flame retardants, paper pulping, paper coatings, textile processing, ore flotation, anticorrosion pigments and rubber production.

This Thermo Scientific Chemicals brand product was originally part of the Alfa Aesar product portfolio. Some documentation and label information may refer to the legacy brand. The original Alfa Aesar product / item code or SKU reference has not changed as a part of the brand transition to Thermo Scientific Chemicals.

TRUSTED_SUSTAINABILITY

Chemical Identifiers

CAS 7758-29-4
Molecular Formula Na5O10P3
Molecular Weight (g/mol) 367.86
MDL Number MFCD00003514
InChI Key HWGNBUXHKFFFIH-UHFFFAOYSA-I
Synonym sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium triphosphate, pentasodium triphosphate, stpp, thermphos, armofos, polygon, tripoly, rhodiaphos lv, thermphos n
PubChem CID 24455
IUPAC Name pentasodium;[oxido(phosphonatooxy)phosphoryl] phosphate
SMILES [O-]P(=O)([O-])OP(=O)([O-])OP(=O)([O-])[O-].[Na+].[Na+].[Na+].[Na+].[Na+]

Specifications

Melting Point 622°C
Color White
Physical Form Granules
Quantity 500 g
Merck Index 14,8697
Solubility Information Soluble in water; Slightly soluble in methanol; Insoluble in diethyl ether and n-octanol.
Formula Weight 367.91
Odor Odorless
Sensitivity Hygroscopic
Chemical Name or Material Sodium tripolyphosphate

Safety and Handling

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Product Identifier
  • Sodium tripolyphosphate
 Signal Word
  • Warning
 Hazard Category
  • Serious eye damage/eye irritation Category 2
 Hazard Statement
  • H319-Causes serious eye irritation.
 Precautionary Statement
  • P403-Store in a well-ventilated place.
  • P501b-Dispose of contents/container in accordance with local/regional/national/international regulations.
 Supplemental information
  • MIXTURE LIST-Contains : Pentasodium triphosphate

RUO – Research Use Only

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