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.