Sodium bicarbonate
Fine crystals of white or opaque monoclinic system. No smell, salty taste. Solubility in water is less than that of sodium carbonate. Sodium bicarbonate is an acid salt formed by the neutralization of strong alkali and weak acid, which is weakly alkaline when dissolved in water. It can be used in industries such as food, medicine, film making, tanning, mineral processing, metallurgy, fiber, rubber, etc. It can also be used as detergent and fire extinguishing agent, generator of carbon dioxide in soft drinks and cold drinks as analytical reagent, and also used in inorganic synthesis and pharmaceutical industry to treat acidosis, as starter of food industry, generator of carbon dioxide in soft drinks and cold drinks, and preservative of butter. Can be directly used as raw materials in pharmaceutical industry.