Di Sodium Phosphate

Appearance: Transparent crystalline

Chemical Name: Disodium hydrogen phosphate

Chemical Formula: Na2HPO4

Packaging Type: 25 kg bags

Definition and Areas of Use:

The chemical name of disodium phosphate is disodium hydrogen phosphate. It occurs primarily in two forms. The first is a crystalline form, the second is an anhydrous form. The anhydrous form does not contain water.

Disodium phosphate is an acidity regulator and a sequestering agent. It is synthesized from the sodium salt of phosphoric acid (from fermented phosphates in the USA). Disodium phosphate acts as an emulsifier to stabilize the system during most frostings and creamings.

Areas of Use

• Di sodium phosphate Cream of Wheat can also be used to speed up meal time, as described in the ingredients panel of the product package.
• Di sodium phosphate is used in many steam boiler applications in conjunction with tri sodium phosphate. It is a free phosphate casting material that retards calcium scale formation.
• Monobasic and dibasic sodium phosphate is used as a saline laxative to cleanse the bowel before a colonoscopy or to treat constipation.
• It also acts as a thinner in the industry. It is used as a moisture retainer in the tobacco industry.
• Disodium hydrogen phosphate, known as disodium sulfate, is used every day in both natural and artificial reactions.
• Disodium phosphate is used medically in liver flushes. The flush cleanses the liver of harmful toxins and disease. Those with damaged or weakened livers can strengthen or even repair the health of their liver with a flush.
• Disodium phosphate finds many uses outside the body, including the production of dairy foods. It is a key ingredient in the manufacture of pasteurized cheese and is added to milk to firm it up.