sodium formate

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The salt of formic acid, sodium formate is used as a neutral buffering agent. It sometimes appears spontaneously as a layer of white crystalline efflorescence on sodium-rich glass artefacts exposed to the pollutant gas formaldehyde.
sodium formate
Accepted term: 13-May-2024