Chemical name: Sodium Acetate

IUPAC name: Sodium acetate

Formula: C₂H₃NaO₂

Appearance: White deliquescent powder

Uses:

• 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.
• Sodium acetate is used in the textile industry to neutralize sulfuric acid waste streams and also as a photoresist while using aniline dyes.