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Formic acid

Product Number

CAS No. 64-18-6

Description

Formic acid is a simple, weak carboxylic acid with a wide variety of popular uses.

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Applications

Formic acid is a simple, weak carboxylic acid with a wide variety of popular uses. Some major uses include the production of leather goods, in textile finishing, and in rubber production. In agriculture, formic acid is used as a preservative for livestock feed and can be used as a pesticide in beekeeping. It is also used to kill E. coli in poultry production.

Compatibilities

Formic acid is incompatible with nylon, carbon steel, urethane, and aluminum. It is chemically incompatible with bases, cyanides, sulfites, nitrites, thiosulfites, and strong oxidizing or reducing agents. Please see SDS for full safety and compatibility information.

Variants

Product NameProduct NumberDescription

59% Formic Acid, Inhibited

AC5128

Formic Acid 59% Inhibited is a brown liquid with a pungent odor. It is the simplest member of the carboxylic series (HCOOH). Formic Acid Inhibited contains an inhibitor package. 

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90% Formic Acid, Inhibited

AC5077

A 90% formic acid solution containing a corrosion inhibitor.

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