Sodium hexametaphosphate is available in a variety of formulations, depending on the nature and characteristics of the washing item, and is used for emulsifying, solutizing, wetting, permeating, dispersing, etc., of surfactants, and its properties are supplemented by other organic or inorganic additives. It achieves the purpose of cleaning and removing grease and rust, and protecting the surface layer. The other is to use the derivative properties of surfactants as industrial additives, such as lubrication, softening, catalysis, antistatic, plasticizing, defoaming, deodorizing, thickening, decoagulation, rust prevention, water resistance, oil resistance, anti-caking, flotation, phase transfer catalysis, etc., for the electronics industry, resistant materials, polymerization, genetic engineering, biotechnology, etc., and many applications have been continuously developed.
Sodium hempetaphosphate is mainly used as a softener for cooling water treatment in power stations, dispersants, high-temperature bonding agents, boilers, soft water, rolling stock and fertilizer plants, detergent additives, control or preservatives, cement hardening enhancers, streptomycin purifiers. Cleaning agents and bleaching agents for the fiber industry. Used as flotation agent in mineral processing industry. In the petroleum industry, it is used for corrosion control of drilling pipes and to control the viscosity of mud when drilling for oil. It also has certain uses in textile printing, leather, paper, color film, soil analysis, radiochemistry, analytical chemistry and other departments.
In addition to general anionic, non-ionic, cationic, amphoteric surfactants, sodium hexametaphosphate has also developed functional surfactants such as reactive surfactants to meet the needs of emulsion polymerization in the production of synthetic rubber, synthetic resins, and coatings. Additives, dissociable surfactants, special surfactants containing silicon, fluorine, boron, etc., are widely used in various fields.
The use of sodium hexametaphosphate is so widespread that its application has permeated almost all industrial sectors, making it difficult to find an industry that is not associated with surfactants. In many industries, surfactants play a final role, and as important additives, they can greatly improve production processes and product performance. It is no exaggeration to say that surfactants are important chemical industry auxiliaries today, so they are called "industrial MSG".
