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When 99% Isopropyl Alcohol is the Best Fit
Isopropyl alcohol (chemical formula C3H8O) has several distinct percentages — 70%, 80-85%, 91%, 99%, and 99.9% — depending on your needs. Industrial chemical supplier Bell Chem’s extensive inventory contains 99% and 99.9% isopropyl alcohol.
What is Isopropyl Alcohol?
Isopropyl alcohol is a colorless, clear chemical with a pungent odor. It is widely regarded as the universal solvent because of its ability to dissolve a vast range of nonpolar compounds. Chemically, it is considered highly flammable with a wide range of combustion. Myriad industries find uses for 99% isopropyl alcohol, from automotive to pharmaceuticals.
Automotive
Isopropyl alcohol is the go-to product to strip wax from cars before painting or polishing. Added to lacquer, it decreases the lacquer’s viscosity. Within vehicle systems, isopropyl alcohol is miscible with water, meaning it will evenly mix with a water-based washer fluid or in a fuel tank to deter freezing in cold weather.
Coatings
The production of polymers, including acetone, bisphenol A, and glycerol, relies on isopropyl alcohol. It acts as a diluent in paints and resins as well, and many hand tools are rinsed with isopropyl alcohol to remove gummy residue.
Essential Oils
99% isopropyl alcohol is the medium to process essential oils, flavorings, nutraceuticals, and waxes.
Food and Beverage
Isopropyl alcohol has two distinct functions: it is safe to use on food surfaces and industrial machines as an industrial sanitizer, and it is used frequently in many areas of food production – dying, glazing, and food supplements. Another interesting role isopropyl alcohol 99% plays in the food and beverage industry is its part in the extraction of phospholipids and Omega-3 fatty acids from fish in the formation of triglyceride oil.
Cosmetics
Aftershaves, bath products, facial cosmetics, lotions, perfumes, and sanitizers include isopropyl alcohol as an anti-foaming agent, a diluent, an extractant, and/or a surfactant. Most notably in the nail-care industry, isopropyl alcohol cleans and polishes nails.
Medical and Pharmaceutical Industries
Medical equipment in hospitals and clinics is often sterilized with isopropyl alcohol. It also finds a role in wound dressing and skin treatments to prevent infection. In the manufacture of medicine, isopropyl alcohol is used to analyze, create, and purify compounds.
Electronics
In this sector, isopropyl alcohol 99.9% cleans cables, connectors and contacts, fiber optic components, keypads, LCDs, and tape heads. Safe and non-corrosive on most surfaces, including elastomers, painted products, and plastic, anhydrous 99.9% isopropyl alcohol leaves no residue as it cleans polar, non-polar, and ionic components.
Laboratories
Isopropyl alcohol 99.9% is considered chemical grade with the highest purity rating of contaminant-free. This level of purity is necessary for chemical laboratory reagents and for electronic use, when any amount of water is detrimental to delicate machinery. In fact, a huge percentage of isopropyl alcohol finds its way into the electronics industry.
Environmentally speaking, 99% isopropyl alcohol scored as “excellent” on the green solvent scale and is considered ozone safe. Bell Chem is your industrial chemical supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including isopropyl alcohol. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff give personalized attention to all your needs by either calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or by sending us an online message.
Chemicals Needed in a Brewery
The focus of chemicals in a brewery is twofold: they are necessary for stimulating the process of beer making and for cleaning, disinfecting, and sanitizing the brewing equipment and work spaces. Bell Chem is your industrial ingredient supplier for both these areas of maintaining a successful brewery.
The Importance of Brewing Water
Creating a distinct beer is reliant on water quality. Using municipal “tap” water is probably not in the best interest of the brewer since many chemicals and additives will inhibit the beer’s natural flavors. Before water enters the system, it is important to have it analyzed or to rely on a water source that will not change its level of purity.
Knowing the ions, minerals, pH, chemical ratios, and water hardness of your water source will make you a better brewer. Remember, the largest component of beer is water. If you choose to rely on groundwater, spring water, or municipal water, Bell Chem will be there with the chemicals necessary to balance the water to your specifications.
The main components of water and beer production in general are listed below, along with their effect on brewing.
Bicarbonate: This is the basic end of the pH scale, so the pH of the mash escalates when bicarbonate is added. Depending on the type of beer (pale beer contains less bicarbonate while stout contains up to 4 times the amount), the amount of bicarbonate will fluctuate.
Calcium: A water’s “hardness” is determined by the concentration of calcium and, to a lesser extent, magnesium. Calcium lowers the pH during mashing, stimulates yeast flocculation, plays a part in deterring beerstone, and helps precipitate proteins in the boil.
Chloride: Malt sweetness improves with chloride, improving a beer’s fullness.
Magnesium: Along with calcium, magnesium has a starring role in whether water is considered hard or soft. Magnesium adds a sour or bitter flavor in elevated quantities.
Sodium: A flavor enhancer. Be careful not to add too much or the flavor becomes salty, or, if combined with sulfate, the flavor becomes strong and bitter.
Sulfate: Want a crisp, dry beer? Add sulfate. Use sparingly in dark beer, but increase in many ales. Sulfate does not combine well with chloride in higher amounts since it leads to a mineral-like flavor.
Chemicals for cleaning, disinfecting, sanitizing, and maintaining a brewery are abundant. While some systems must be disassembled for proper cleaning, other brewers prefer a clean-in-place system. Bell Chem wants you to be aware of the function of many brewery chemicals regardless of your brewing setup.
These are some examples of the chemicals involved in brewing and what they do in the brewing process.
Sodium hydroxide: Breaks down organic soil
Phosphoric acid, iodine, and nitric acid: Remove beerstone and hard water scale, passivate stainless steel, and neutralize soap
Peracetic acid: Disinfects and sanitizes equipment by cleaning heavy soils when combined with hot water, or low soil with cool water.
Peroxyacetic acid, hydrogen peroxide, acetic acid, chlorine dioxide, and sodium hypochlorite: Sanitize and disinfect
Antifoam (silicone) cleaners: Clean blow-off buckets, kettles, and fermenters
Phosphoric acid: A foaming acid cleaner retaining the original quality of taste when parts are soaked in it as it removes rust, hard water scale, proteins and grease, and debris.
As you can see, the beer brewing process involves a number of food and industrial chemicals. Bell Chem is your industrial ingredient supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including brewery chemicals. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff give personalized attention to all your needs by either calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or by sending us an online message.
Benefits of Maltodextrin as a Food Additive
The term “maltodextrin'' is not familiar to many, but its role as a food additive abounds. Bell Chem, your food ingredient supplier, has the following information to share about this multiple-use additive and how it can enhance your food and beverage production.
Binder and Bulking Agent
Maltodextrin is a hydrocolloid, which is an important factor for bulking food. As maltodextrin expands in water, it forms a viscous, gel-like substance, which is why it is found in many processed foods.
Carbohydrate Source
At 4 kcal/g, maltodextrin, a polysaccharide derived from the starch of corn, potatoes or rice, supplies a rich amount of carbohydrates. Infants unable to process lactose benefit from formula containing maltodextrin because it provides a necessary energy source. Since it has many of the properties of glucose but chemically differs, maltodextrin does not add to osmotic load in the digestive system, which aids in digestion for infants and those with gastrointestinal disorders.
This ability to reduce osmotic load means glycogen breakdown occurs more slowly, which is why maltodextrin is an ingredient in sports drinks where a longer stretch of energy is necessary to power through, like marathons and tennis matches.
Emulsifier
The ability to disperse a normally non-miscible product into a medium is one of maltodextrin’s prime assets, especially when micro amounts of expensive or highly-flavored ingredients are added to a large amount of product. Retaining the same flavor with every mouthful of food – no matter how minute the amount of flavor is within a product – makes maltodextrin a necessity.
Fat Replacer
Low-fat and nonfat foods often contain maltodextrin since it has the same mouthfeel as fat. It is an ingredient in dairy products, peanut butter, salad dressings, and other high-calorie foods. Since fat contains 9 kcal/g compared to 4 kcal/g of maltodextrin, foods containing maltodextrin as an ingredient can be designated low calorie.
Spray-Drying Agent
Many heat-sensitive ingredients, such as vitamin C, are encapsulated in a fine spray of maltodextrin. This stabilizes ingredients and, therefore, extends shelf life. When a liquid ingredient is spray-dried with maltodextrin, it solidifies and often forms clumps, such as in drink or pudding mixes.
Bell Chem is a food ingredient supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including multi-purpose maltodextrin. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff give personalized attention to all your needs by either calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or by sending us an online message.
Guar Gum in the Food Industry
From its lowly moniker derived from Sanskrit (“food for cows”), guar has been grown for thousands of years in India. For its industrial uses, guar gum is ideal for thickening and stabilizing liquids, emulsifying and binding, and its solubility in cold water and biodegradability. These properties and many others give guar gum from your industrial chemical supplier Bell Chem applications over several industries.
Baked Goods and Confections
Guar gum improves the texture of batters, which, in turn, gives better crumb structure to the baked product. Dough volume and moisture retention increase with guar gum as it extends the shelf life of baked goods. Candy viscosity, bonding properties, and moisture retention improve with guar gum, which also acts as a glaze for many confections.
Beverages and Dairy Products
Guar gum thickens juices and other beverages, improving their mouthfeel. It also stabilizes processed cheese, improving flavor, color, and texture. In ice cream and kefir, the texture improves significantly, melting is impeded, and ice crystallization halts.
Gluten-Free Foods
Most gluten-free batters are more free flowing than that of their counterparts. Guar gum thickens these batters, creating more palatable baked goods.
Meats
Sausages and other processed meats must be bound, and guar gum exceeds expectations in this regard. It also absorbs water, improves the rate of flow as sausage is formed, and emulsifies the final product.
Noodles
With the addition of guar gum, noodles retain moisture as the texture and form stabilizes.
Soups, Sauces and Dressings
Guar gum stabilizes these foods as it thickens them, which improves flow during processing.
People often ask how food additives affect health. In the case of guar gum, studies have proven its effectiveness in suppressing hunger, which can lead to weight loss. Because guar gum is a polysaccharide, it acts as an energy storage component. Also, guar gum is eight times more effective at thickening than cornstarch, so only a tiny amount is necessary for similar results.
Guar gum contains significant amounts of protein and acts as a water-soluble fiber, which gives it properties similar to a bulk-forming laxative for aiding in digestion. As a soluble fiber, guar gum may also retard the absorption of sugar, which decreases blood sugar and cholesterol levels.
Bell Chem is your industrial chemical supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including guar gum. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff personalize all your needs by either calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or by sending us an online message.
Uses of Sodium Silicate, Also Known as Water Glass
Ever seen those "magic solutions" that seem to grow rocks in water? That's water glass, a unique solution that solidifies into a glassy solid as water evaporates. Chemically, water glass is Na2O3Si, sodium metasilicate, or sodium silicate. This remarkable chemical is provided to you by Bell Chem, your industrial chemical supplier. Read below how water glass can benefit your industry.
For a little background, water glass is created from an aqueous solution of sodium silicate. When the water in the solution evaporates, the solute is a glassy solid. It is generally sold as a white powder, as a viscous liquid, or as a glassy solid. Depending on its form, water glass is ready for myriad uses in industries across the world.
Automotive Repair
Head gaskets often become brittle over time, which can cause leaks where they intersect with metal surfaces. Water glass seals these leaks, allowing the gaskets to perform for longer stretches of time.
As a Cement
Water glass is the adhesive for paper, glass, leather, and a large range of boxes, from cereal to industrial shipping cartons. It is specifically used in situations involving high heat, such as baking or in situations where contact with an open flame is common.
Ceramics
Water glass adheres to intersecting ceramic surfaces, tightly bonding them before the entire piece is fired in a kiln. During slip preparation, water glass becomes a deflocculant, assuring an even suspension of product. The characteristic crackled pattern on many new goods is the result of a layer of water glass on the surface.
Drilling
When industrial drills meet granular formations with a high permeability, it seriously dulls the drill bit. Injecting water glass and a catalyst, such as an ester, into the soil will form a polymerized gel to stabilize the soil, and increase its strength and stiffness.
Food and Beverages
Bathing fresh eggs with a water glass solution seals the open pores of the outer egg shell, preventing bacteria from entering. With this coating, eggs can remain fresh and unrefrigerated for months.
Manufacturing
In any industry, the ubiquitous white silica gel packets placed into packaged goods are created with more viscous water glass; its silicon-to-water ratio is much greater to create this viscosity. Their function is to control moisture inside boxes or packing crates. This ability to adhere works strikingly well to form castings. Sand grains with the addition of water glass bind so solidly they form industrial castings ready to accept molten metal within foundries.
Powdered Laundry and Dish Detergents
When water glass is combined with water, the solution is alkaline, which is ideal for removing oils and fats, breaking down proteins and starches, and neutralizing acids.
Textiles
A coating of water glass on many surfaces, including wood, gives a level of passive fire control to the object. For materials utilized outside, water glass acts as a barrier for passive insect control.
Wastewater Treatment
A small amount of water glass added to municipal water treatment plants or wastewater treatment plants acts as a flocculant, combining heavy metals so their weight causes them to sink to the bottom of the tank.
Bell Chem is an industrial chemical supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including the remarkable water glass. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff personalize all your needs by either calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or by sending us an online message.
Potassium Citrate in Food Production
Many food preservatives also perform the role of a flavor enhancer, but not many can also claim to be a dietary supplement. To that end, food ingredient supplier Bell Chem introduces potassium citrate, which fills all three roles and more simultaneously.
Potassium citrate — or, more specifically, tripotassium citrate — is added to foods and beverages as either a white granulated powder or in clear crystal form. Created from the union of potassium salt and citric acid, potassium citrate is alkaline and odorless with a tangy citrus flavor.
Flavor Enhancer
The pungent flavor associated with citrus fruits marks potassium citrate’s enhancement when added to carbonated beverages or powders. Diet beverages often require a buffer to offset the tart flavor associated with sugar substitutes. In drinks containing sucrose or high fructose corn syrup, the tartness is overcome with a sweet taste. Since low- or no-calorie beverages do not contain these products, the metallic artificial flavor must be balanced with another flavor. This is where potassium citrate shines.
Dietary Supplement
Unlike sodium, which is another mineral paired with citrate, potassium has been proven to be favorable to renal performance. Because potassium is a cation, it affects the heart and other muscles. Many sports drinks contain potassium for this reason, and the addition of potassium citrate not only improves flavor; it also adds vitamin C.
pH adjuster
Foods or beverages in the acidic range become more stabilized with the addition of alkaline potassium citrate. When potassium citrate is added to a product with a neutral pH, its normal alkalinity prevents microbial growth, thereby extending product shelf life.
Emulsifier
Many foods, such as cheese or dressings, contain combinations of oil and water. Potassium citrate delivers consistent mouthfeel to every bite by distributing oil throughout the products in which they are added.
Chelator and Sequestrant
Potassium citrate binds heavy metals, which prevents fat oxidation. When fat is not able to oxidize, food stabilizes and shelf life is extended.
Bell Chem is a food ingredient supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including CSANTM sanitation products. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff personalize all your needs by either calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or by sending us an online message.
Salicylic Acid in Personal Care Products
Salicylic acid has a millennia-long pharmaceutical history as a pain reliever. First discovered in the bark of the willow tree, salicylic acid was used to alleviate pain, but it has been determined to have an abundance of applications in personal care products and cosmetics as well. USP ingredient supplier Bell Chem’s inventory has included salicylic acid for quite a while since its applications span across industries, most notably in pharmaceuticals and personal care products.
Common Uses
The low pH level of salicylic acid sloughs off old skin cells (known as a keratolytic agent), giving the appearance of a younger, more radiant complexion. Salicylic acid is often used in conjunction with sodium benzoate in hair care and skin products. Products commonly containing salicylic acid are anti-dandruff shampoos and conditioners, wart removers, acne medications, and exfoliants. Other positive aspects of salicylic acid include its antiseptic property and its ability to prevent the growth of microorganisms.
Acne Remedy
Some researchers and manufacturers have found salicylic acid is gentler on the skin than glycolic acid and recommend its usage as a chemical peel for clogged pores, to reduce the appearance of acute inflammation and skin blemishes, and in cases of extreme acne. In fact, studies have shown that adults are relying on products containing salicylic acid for acne prevention and relief more frequently than the traditionally targeted demographic of teenaged users.
Consumer Demand
Manufacturers that wish to offer organic products are able to add salicylic acid to the label; in fact, salicylic acid is one of only a handful of preservatives allowed on organic labels. The increased demand of salicylic acid in personal care products has been bolstered by consumer demand, and manufacturers are answering the call by creating products containing salicylic acid for its many positive qualities.
Bell Chem is a USP ingredient supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including salicylic acid. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff personalize all your needs by either calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or by sending us an online message.
Tri San Acid Sanitizer in the Food and Brewing Industries
As an industrial chemical supplier, Bell Chem understands the importance of sanitizing food and brewing equipment, as well as work surfaces, to ensure inactivation or elimination of unwanted microorganisms. Our inventory relies on quality chemicals such as Tri SanTM Acid Sanitizer, a unique product combining the power of different acids in a low-foaming concentration that reduces phosphate levels. Learn how this powerful sanitizer can ease your food or brewing industry’s workload.
Removing Microorganisms
As a sanitizer, Tri San Acid Sanitizer reduces microorganisms known as public health threats by approximately 99.999% within 30 seconds. Tri San also has the advantage of no rinsing after application. One step on a cleaned surface, and you’re finished.
Low concentrations of Tri San™ Acid Sanitizer effectively remove an abundance of microorganisms, including both gram-positive and gram-negative families of bacteria, including Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella enterica, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and other dangerous bacteria and fungi.
Acidic Properties
Because it is an acid, Tri San actively removes mineral stone and scale deposits, which are especially problematic in brewing. Scale encrusts standard potable water sources used in the brewing process and is present in beer. Tri San quickly cleans fermenters, kegs, bottles, and lines throughout the brewing machinery.
Tri San combines the cleaning power of several acids to clean as it sanitizes. Scale, milkstone (hard deposits of accumulated milk residue that may alter milk flavor and introduce bacteria) and mineral stone buildup are removed with the help of Tri San Acid Sanitizer. Tri San is a low-phosphate, low-foam sanitizer for clean-in-place (CIP) and clean-out-of-place (COP) hard, non-porous food-contact surfaces, such as stainless steel. As an acid, Tri San also extends the working life of stainless steel.
Removing Buildup
Tri San has been approved by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for use in poultry and meat processing plants. In the food industry, the buildup of iron is an extreme problem. The application of Tri San Acid Sanitizer removes iron buildup and the possibility of rust.
Bell Chem is an industrial chemical supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including Tri San acid sanitizer. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff personalize all your needs by either calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or by sending us an online message.
How Calcium Lactate is Used in Food Production
Food ingredient supplier Bell Chem is proud to stock calcium lactate (pentahydrate powder) in its extensive inventory. With its low-methoxyl pectin, this marvelous ingredient is ideal for canned foods as well as fresh fruits. With the power to preserve the freshness of cut fruits and vegetables and the ability to add calcium to products, calcium lactate is a great choice under many circumstances!
As a Supplement
Supplementing foods with calcium has been the norm for decades, but many of the substances utilized leave an odd taste or aftertaste. Calcium lactate is virtually neutral in its flavor, leaving your customers with only the intended taste of your product. The ability to fortify foods with calcium lactate aids in bone strength. With its 14% mineral content, calcium lactate also remineralizes tooth enamel, preventing tooth decay and tartar production.
Physical Properties
Calcium lactate dissolves quickly when added, even at low temperatures. In fact, calcium lactate is renowned for its expedient calcium reactivity due to high product solubility. Another important factor is color: calcium lactate is virtually transparent, which is important when added to fresh foods to maintain their original coloration.
Acidic Flexibility
As an acid, calcium lactate is able to stabilize or decrease pH levels, which leads to unfavorable conditions for microbial growth. This property generally lengthens product shelf life significantly. In cheesemaking, however, calcium lactate can decrease acid content, generally when it is applied on the exterior of the cheese.
Coagulation Benefits
Calcium lactate stimulates syneresis; syneresis is the coagulation of a product into a gel as fluid is separated. This property gives calcium lactate many uses in fortifying foods and beverages, especially in the canning industry. Calcium lactate creates calcium bonds to coagulate liquid jelly rather than relying on the intricate balance of sugar, pectin, and acid. In fact, calcium lactate does not require sugar or acid to form a gel.
Bell Chem is your food ingredient supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including calcium lactate. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff personalize all your needs by either calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or by sending us an online message.
Boric Acid in Manufacturing
Boric acid (hydrogen borate, boracic acid, orthoboric acid, acidum boricum, BH3O3, H3BO3, or B(OH)3 are its other identifiers) is a weak acid that may be found as a colorless crystal or a white powder. Industrial chemical supplier Bell Chem ensures boric acid is part of its inventory because of its wide-ranging uses. Read below for a few uses of this important chemical.
Glass Manufacturing
The glass industry relies heavily on boric acid to create several varieties of glass. First developed in the latter portion of the 19th century, borates gained notoriety in its positive impact on glass, which escalated in 1915 with the production of Pyrex, a borosilicate glass product. In the late 20th century the normally clear boric acid glass was infused with color.
When added to a silica base, boric acid creates a much stronger product that withstands the stresses of thermal expansion, lowers the melting temperature and viscosity of glass, and inhibits devitrification (crystallization) of glass. It also creates more transparent and brighter glass, resists moisture more readily, and acts as a remarkable flux in the glassmaking process.
Boric acid is used for specialty glass (optical, laboratory, and technical glass) and borosilicate tubes; display glass, textile and insulation fiberglass, lightbulbs, LCD television screens and microfiber glass. Borosilicate glass has even traveled in space as insulation tiles on the space shuttles!
Healthcare Products
Boric acid is a natural antiseptic and antibacterial chemical commonly used for minor skin abrasions or burns. It also is used to curb acne breakouts, conjunctivitis, yeast infections, and athlete’s foot. Many eye care products, such as eye drops and saline solution, contain boric acid.
Textiles
Boric acid as a flux (soldering compound) prevents oxygenation when used in metallurgy. This unwanted oxygenation, known as fire scale, is repelled with a coating of 60% boric acid and 40% denatured alcohol. When combined with water, boric acid acts as a flow flux.
In the tanning industry, the four steps in converting hides to leather are liming and hair removal, deliming, pickling, and tanning. The second step, deliming, utilizes boric acid and buffering salts to remove the lime traces from the initial step and lower the pH for the succeeding steps.
Bell Chem is an industrial chemical supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including boric acid. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff personalize all your needs by either calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or by sending us an online message.