SODIUM BICARBONATE

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SODIUM BICARBONATE

• PRODUCT APPLICATIONS

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WORLD -- APPLICATIONS
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WORLD -- OTHER APPLICATIONS

• ANIMAL FEED
• Dairy - balances diet for seasonal variations,
  helps digestion, feed conversion, fat production,
  increased growth milk production
• Poultry - maintains electrolyte balance,
  improves heat stress tolerance, eggshell quality
  dry litter
• PHARMA
• reduces incidences of hypertension during
  treatment of haemodialysis improves tolerance
  to ultrafiltration
• neutralizing effervescent characteristics - a
  remedy for excess acidity
• vitamin supplement
• administered in metabolic acidosis, salicyclate
  methanol poisoning
• PERSONAL CARE
• helps to clean whiten teeth when used in
  toothpaste/mouthwashes
• in deodorants, hair preparations, bath salts,
  body powder
• softens hair when washed cleans brushes combs
• acts as a relaxant deodorant in bathwater
• reduces burning feeling of sunburn insect stings

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WORLD -- OTHER APPLICATIONS (Contd)

• WATER TREATMENT
• buffer in anaerobic oxidation process to optimise
  methane prodn.
• neutralizes eliminates contaminants from
  effluent streams
• adjust pH alkalinity for lead copper control
  in drinking water
• In swimming pools, it helps maintain a proper
  level of alkalinity facilitating pH control, thus
  optimising disinfectant activity, reducing
  chloramine formation eye irritation
  unpleasant odour, suppresses corrosion of pipes,
  heaters,walls fixtures
• CLEANING PRODUCTS
• neutralizer for pH control in the manufacture of
  soaps
• mild alkali, buffer, water softener, cleansing
  agent, builder in washing powders liquids,
  industrial cleaners, oven dishwashing cleaners
• CHEMICALS
• reactant, catalyst, buffering agent, stabilizer
  economical source of CO2
• in explosives, as smoke generator
• mfr of photographic paper, rinsing film to
  eliminate sodium thiosulphate

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WORLD -- OTHER APPLICATIONS (Contd)

• FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
• used in B C type fires as dry-powder
  extinguishers
• inhibits chain reactions during combustion
• CO2 released smothers the area preventing
  combustion
• PAINT BLAST MEDIA
• as a cleaning abrasive due to its non-toxic
  nature extreme solubility, significantly
  reducing costs
• WELL DRILLING
• in drilling muds to increase fluidity (viscosity
  control) easier pumping
• stabilize pH, resist hardening of fresh cement on
  drilling muds, imparts fire resistance
• SMOKE SCRUBBING
• as a reactant in the process for purifying
  combustion gasses
• as an alkali sorbent for gas desulphurisation

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WORLD -- OTHER APPLICATIONS (Contd)

• LEATHER TANNING
• as a pH control in basic leather tanning
  increases alkalinity of chromium sulphate
  solutions to favour cross-linking reaction thus
  stabilizing collagen fibres so that they are no
  longer biodegradable
• PULP PAPER
• combined with sodium sulphite for the
  pretreatment of wood in the cooking process
• increases kinetic sizing speed
• facilitates accurate alkalinity pH control by
  buffering the solution
• TEXTILE
• catalyst for polyester manufacture
• absorption agent flame retardant in cotton
  printing
• neutralization of bleached fabrics foaming
  agent for nylon printing
• RUBBER/PLASTIC FOAMING/BLOWING
• as a blowing/foaming agent to produce gas bubbles
  to form the foam structure on cooling

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WORLD -- OTHER APPLICATIONS (Contd)

• CONSUMER PRODUCTS
• Air carpet fresheners
• revives carpet colours
• deodorises refrigerators
• brings shine to dishes, tiles, sinks,
  windscreens, cookers, etc
• cleans deodorises waste bins
• removes carries away products such as fungal
  inhibitors used to treat skin of vegetables
  fruits
• accelerates cooking process for vegetables,
  heightening their colours
• tenderises boiled meat
• buffer for pH control in septic tanks
• improves cutting effectiveness of razor blades

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INDIA -- APPLICATIONS
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INDIA -- OTHER APPLICATIONS

• LEATHER TANNING
• for basification, pH control neutralization
• DYES
• mild alkali for pH control in reactive dyes
  intermediates
• DETERGENTS
• PHARMACEUTICALS
• FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
• PESTICIDES
• RUBBER BLOWING
• CHEMICALS
• ANIMAL FEED (negligible)
• TEXTILE PROCESSING
• Non-existent or very limited usage of NaHCO3 in
  Animal Feed, Water Treatment, Paint Blast Media,
  Personal Consumer Care Products, Other
  Industrial applications