Uses of Sodium Nitrite

Sodium Nitrite , its cas register number is 7632-00-0. It also can be called Anti-rust ; Azotyn sodowy ; Diazotizing salts ;Dusitan sodny ; Erinitrit ; Filmerine ; Natrium nitrit ; Nitrite de sodium ; Nitrito sodico .

Sodium Nitrite (CAS NO.7632-00-0) is used as a color fixative and preservative in meats and fish. It is also used in manufacturing diazo dyes, nitroso compounds, and other organic compounds; in dyeing and printing textile fabrics and bleaching fibers; in metal coatings for phosphatizing and detinning; in photography; as a laboratory reagent and a corrosion inhibitor;and in the manufacture of rubber chemicals. Sodium Nitrite may also be used as an electrolyte in electrochemical grinding manufacturing processes, typically diluted to about 10% concentration in water. Sodium nitrite also has been used in human and veterinary medicine as a vasodilator, a bronchodilator, and an antidote for cyanide poisoning.