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Overview

Sodium borohydride is also known as sodium tetrahydroborate and sodium tetrahydridoborate.

Product description

Sodium Borohydride, also known as sodium tetrahydridoborate and sodium tetrahydroborate, is an inorganic compound with the formula NaBH₄. This white solid, usually encountered as a powder, is a reducing agent that finds application in chemistry, both in the laboratory and on an industrial scale.

Applications

The principal application of sodium borohydride is the production of sodium dithionite from sulfur dioxide: Sodium dithionite is used as a bleaching agent for wood pulp and in the dyeing industry. Sodium borohydride reduces aldehydes and ketones to give the related alcohols.

Industries and related products

USES

  • Reducing agent: Used in nonaqueous solvents to reduce aldehydes, ketones, Schiff bases, acids, esters, acid chlorides, disulfides, nitriles, and inorganic anions. For example, it can be used to synthesize cobalt (II, III) oxide from cobalt chloride, reduce aldehydes and ketones to alcohols, and reduce aromatic nitro compounds to aromatic amines. 
  • Bleaching agent: Used to bleach wood pulp and textiles. In textiles, it can produce soft, durable, and brightly colored fabrics. 
  • Blowing agent: Used in plastics. 
  • Wastewater treatment: Used to transform heavy metals like lead, cadmium, and mercury into less harmful forms. 
  • Paper production: Used to remove lignin, a complex organic polymer in wood, to improve the strength, texture, and color of paper. 
  • Gold and platinum recycling: Used in the recycling of gold and platinum group metals. 
  • Gold nanoparticles: Used in the synthesis of gold nanoparticles, which are used in chemotherapy, radiotherapy, electron microscopy, and medical research. 

Dosage

Sodium borohydride for analysis. CAS No. 16940-66-2, EC Number 241-004-4

Also known as

SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE, Sodium Tetrahydroborate, Sodium Tetrahydridoborate.

Notes

Sodium borohydride is an inorganic compound whose chemical formula is NaBH4. ... NaBH4is a reducing agent which is widely used both industrially and on the laboratory scale. It can be noted that sodium borohydride is also known as sodium tetrahydroborate and sodium tetrahydridoborate.

Where we supply

Oman. Stocked at our warehouse in Barka, South Al Batinah, and supplied to Muscat, Ruwi, Mutrah, Seeb, Rusayl, Barka, Sohar, Shinas, Saham, Buraimi, Nizwa, Ibri, Sur, Salalah, Duqm, Khasab and every other governorate.

Ports and free zones. Port Sultan Qaboos (Mutrah), Mina Al Fahal, Sohar Port and Freezone, Port of Salalah and Salalah Free Zone, Port of Duqm and the Duqm Special Economic Zone, Port of Sur, Khasab Port and Al Mazunah Free Zone.

Industrial areas. Rusayl, Sohar, Barka (Sanaya), Raysut (Salalah), Nizwa, Sur, Buraimi and Duqm industrial estates, Knowledge Oasis Muscat, and oil and gas sites across Oman.

Beyond Oman. We have branches in the UAE (including Fujairah) and in India (Kandla, Kolkata, Visakhapatnam, Chennai and Mumbai), and we also supply to South Africa.