Chemical name: Sodium Nitrite
IUPAC name: sodium nitrite
Formula: NaNO2
Appearance: white or slightly yellowish solid
Uses:
- The main use of sodium nitrite is for the industrial production of organonitrogen compounds.
- It is used in a variety of metallurgical applications, for phosphatizing and detinning.
- Sodium nitrite is an effective corrosion inhibitor and is used as an additive in industrial greases,as an aqueous solution in closed loop cooling systems, and in a molten state as a heat transfer medium.
