Product
Formic Acid
Formic acid is an organic acid used in leather tanning, textile dyeing, silage and feed preservation, rubber coagulation and as a descaler.
- Grades / forms
- 85% / 94% · For feed & silage
- Documents
- TDS · SDS to view and download
Overview
Formic acid is the strongest simple carboxylic acid. Leather tanneries use it to adjust pH in tanning and dyeing; latex producers use it to coagulate natural rubber. In agriculture it preserves silage and acidifies feed to control bacteria such as Salmonella.
It is supplied at 85%, 90% and 94% concentration.
Applications
- 1Leather tanning and dyeing
- 2Textile dyeing and finishing
- 3Silage and feed preservation
- 4Natural rubber coagulation
- 5Descaling and cleaning
Specification
- Appearance
- Clear liquid without visual suspended matter
- Purity
- 85.00% min
- Chroma (Pt-Co)
- 10 max
- Chloride (Cl)
- 0.002% max
- Sulphate (SO₄)
- 0.001% max
- Iron (Fe)
- 0.0001% max
Specification as stated on our Technical Data Sheet, which you can download below.
Documents
PDF documents from our quality records.
Packing & storage
Packing
- 35 kg HDPE carboys
- 250 kg HDPE drums
- 1 MT IBC totes
Storage & handling
Store in closed, acid-resistant containers in a cool, ventilated place; containers can build pressure in heat.
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Get a price for Formic Acid
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Request a quotation or call +91 97979 77958- Certificate of Analysis with every batch
- SDS in destination format
- Made to your specification
- Private label packing
Questions
Formic Acid, answered.
85% is standard for leather and textiles; 94% is used where water must be minimised.
Yes, as a preservative and acidifier against harmful bacteria.
Yes, it is corrosive and shipped as dangerous goods (Class 8).
Yes. Cosmo Chemistry manufactures and exports Formic Acid from Surat, Gujarat, India to more than 55 countries, for customers in the basic industrial chemicals and feed & fertilisers industries. Send your grade, quantity and destination port for a quotation within one business day.
Every shipment of Formic Acid from Cosmo Chemistry includes a batch-specific Certificate of Analysis (COA) and Safety Data Sheet (SDS). Certificate of Origin, third-party pre-shipment inspection and destination-specific regulatory documentation are arranged on request.
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