Chemical name: Sodium Acetate

IUPAC name: Sodium acetate

Formula: C₂H₃NaO₂

Appearance: White deliquescent powder

Uses:

1. Sodium acetate is used as the carbon source for culturing bacteria. Sodium acetate is also useful for increasing yields of DNA isolation by ethanol precipitation.
2. Sodium acetate is used in the textile industry to neutralize sulfuric acid waste streams and also as a photoresist while using aniline dyes.