Molecular formula: NaF
Molecular weight: 41.99
Property: Whiter off-white powder hardly soluble in water and slightly soluble in alcohol. The PH value of its aqueous solution is a little over 7. It is soluble in hydrofluoric acid.
Use: Pesticides, corrosion protection for woods, metal fluxing agent, applied to enamel industry and medical industry, it can lower the melting point and improve the weld ripples in the process of cast moulding steel for planer tool; used as the antiseptics for fermentation, as the raw material for making fluorides and cockroach-killer, analytical reagent, etc..
Index name | Grade of water-solubility | USP24 | Note |
Content of sodium fluoride (NaF)%,≥ | 99.0 | 98.0-102.0 | 1, expresses there is no standard for this item; 2,these ingredients are calculated on dry base; 3,sodium fluoride is white powder; 4,Lumps whose diameter is over 4mm are acceptable, but their weight cannot account for more than 5%. |
Insoluble substance in water%,≤ | 0.2 | -- | |
Sulfate(SO4)%,≤ | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
Fluosilicate(base on SiF6)%,≤ | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
Sodium carbonate(Na2CO3)%,≤ | 0.5 | 0.265 | |
Acidity(HF)%,≤ | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
Water content(H2O)%, ≤ | 3.0-5.0 | --- | |
Drying loss%,≤ | -- | 1.0 | |
Heavy metal(Pb)%, ≤ | -- | 0.003 | |
Chloride(Cl)%,≤ | -- | 0.012 | |
Highly volatile organic impurities | -- | Qualified |