sodium formate
noun
: a deliquescent crystalline salt HCOONa made usually by passing carbon monoxide (as in the form of producer gas) through heated sodium hydroxide and used chiefly in making formic acid, sodium oxalate, and oxalic acid and in the chrome tanning of leather
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“Sodium formate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sodium%20formate. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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