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Product Description
Prouct Name: Sodium Gluconate 
Synonyms: D-Gluconic acid, monosodium salt, Gluconic acid, sodium salt, Na Gluconate 
Features: White crystal powder 
CAS No: 527-07-1 
Molecular Formula: C6H11NaO7 
Packing: 25KG/BAG 
Specification: 
Appearance: White crystalline powder or granulars 
Assay: 98% min 
Loss on drying: 0.5% max 
Reducing substance: 0.5% max 
pH: 6.2-7.8 
Sulphate: 0.03% max 
Chloride: 0.05% max 
Pb: 2ppm max 
Arsenic: 1ppm max 
Heavy metals: 10ppm max

Sodium Gluconate Applications 
I. Industrial Products 
Concrete & Terrazzo Flooring 
Sodium gluconate is widely used in the concrete industry in several applications. One of the reasons gluconate finds favor over other materials is its uniform quality and consistent performance. 

The advantages of gluconate include: 
Reducing water without sacrificing workability and strength. 
Retarding setting time and improving workability without Increasing water addition. This will aid in difficult conditions, such as, long hauling times, hot summer days or tropical weather operations and placement of concrete in large areas. 

Improving resistance of freeze-thawing. 
Decreased bleeding, segregation, drying shrinkage and cracking. 
As a water reducer, sodium gluconate allows better workability of the concrete mix and provides increased slump. By careful modification of the water-cement ratio and the addition of sodium gluconate, adjustments can be made to increase strength of the structure or actually reduce the cement content while maintaining the original strength. Besides its wetting agent function, sodium gluconate is a good retarder. 

Gluconates along with certain materials have also been found to inhibit corrosion with used in reinforced concrete structures. 

Plastics 
Gluconate anion is often added in the form of sodium gluconate in condensation polymer manufacturing processes to form water soluble complexes with a fraction of the multivalent transition metal cations. 

Paints 
The addition of gluconate to highly alkaline paint strippers will increase their ability to remove enamels, lacquers, alkyds and modified epoxies. Gluconates improve the paint stripper's penetration and softening characteristics, thereby, decreasing stripping time. Gluconates have the ability to solubilize the surface pigment adhering to metal after stripping, thus reducing subsequent stripping steps. 

II. Agricultural Products/Food industry 

Food Additives & Ingredients 
Sodium gluconate has been utilized as a partial replacement for sodium chloride in sausage products. It is sometimes used as a debitterant ingredient in sugar replacement packets and diet beverages too. 
Pet Food 
Sodium gluconate is used as a food additive because of the flavor, solubility and ease of absorption. 

Herbicides & Pesticides 
Sodium gluconate works as a stabilizer in the herbicides and pesticides. 

III. Health Products 

Shampoo 
Sodium gluconate is often included in shampoo formulation as a chelator to control water hardness minerals. 

Toothpaste 
Sodium gluconate is often used in toothpaste as a chelator to assist in the solubilization of the fluoride carrier. 

IV. Detergents 
(not used for "personal care" due to high pH levels) 

Dishwashing Detergent 
There has been a progressive trend to more effective environmentally friendly dish washing compounds. 

Laundry Detergent 
Sodium gluconate is used as a sequestrant in liquid soap products to prevent discoloration caused by metallic ions. 

Carwash Detergent, Toilet Bowl Cleaners & Oven Cleaners 
Gluconate is an essential ingredient in cleaning and/or degreasing ferrous and some non-ferrous metals, especially in alkaline solution. 

V. Ecology Related 

Cooling Tower Water 
Sodium gluconate in low concentrations is an effective corrosion inhibitor used in recirculating water systems, such as cooling towers and heat exchangers. 

Aluminum Recycling & Recovery 
Sodium gluconate is a very good chelator for various metals depending on the specific pH. These principles of chelation are manipulated to separate contaminating metals and ultimate recovery of most desired product.