Flocculant

Flocculant

Aluminium Sulfate
Structural type

English name: Aluminum sulfate

Molecular formula: Al₂O₁₂S₃

CAS NO: 10043-01-3

Molecular weight: 342.15

Appearance: Colorless or white crystals

Melting point: 770℃

Boiling point: 759.71℃

Usage: Aluminum sulfate is mainly used as a turbid water purifier, and also as a precipitating agent, color-fixing agent, filler, etc. It is used as a raw material (astringent) for antiperspirant cosmetics in cosmetics. In addition, aluminium sulfate can also be used as a finishing agent in the paper industry (for sizing rosin to make the color adhere to the paper surface). Leather tanning agents Mordant Water purifying agent (flocculant, the generated aluminum hydroxide flocs can coat suspended particles in water, promoting rapid sedimentation and separation); The internal retention agent of foam fire extinguishers (the external retention agent is sodium bicarbonate, which generates carbon dioxide after reaction); Raw materials for manufacturing alum and aluminium white; Petroleum decolorizing and deodorizing agent Pharmaceutical raw materials Used as a food curing agent (excipient); Used for removing impurities from oils, water, etc. Stabilizer for pasteurization of albumin Lake raw materials Sewage treatment agent Raw materials for waterproof concrete Raw materials for fireproof fabric.