Calcium formate

Calcium formate is a white, crystalline, odorless solid that is non-volatile and moderately soluble in water; it decomposes before melting, with decomposition beginning around 250 °C. It is classified as a metal salt of an organic acid (specifically, the calcium salt of formic acid). Industrially, it serves primarily as a catalyst and accelerator in the production of formaldehyde-based resins and as a setting accelerator in cement and concrete formulations. It is also used as a feed additive in animal nutrition and as a de-icing agent for airport runways and roads. Its applications span construction chemicals, animal health, and specialty chemical synthesis—particularly where controlled release of formate ions or calcium supplementation is required.

Preservative for food, silage; as binder for fine-ore briquets; in drilling fluids and lubricants.Calcium formate is an organic salt suitable for use in pig and poultry diets. It acts as a feedstock preservative and has an acidifying effect on the gastro-intestinal tract, which promotes good gut-health. The efficiency of pig and poultry feedstock digestion is dependent on the indigenous micro-organism concentration in the gastro-intestinal tract. With the approaching ban on the use of prophylactic antibiotics in animal feed as a means to control disease and promote growth, alternatives are needed to limit the proliferation of pathogenic bacteria in the gut which can impair feedstock digestion as well as cause enteric diseases such as E. Coli and Salmonella. Acidifiers such as calcium formate preserve the feedstock before consumption and lower the pH in the gastro-intestinal tract, creating unfavourable conditions for these bacteria to grow.Calcium formate is used extensively in the leather industry as a masking agent in the chrome-tanning process. The addition of calcium formate to the tannage formulation promotes faster, more efficient penetration of the chrome in the leather. Calcium formate can also be used as a replacement for formic acid in the pickling operation.
Calcium formate, Ca(HCOO)2, is the calcium salt of formic acid, HCOOH. It is also known as food additive E238 in food industry. The mineral form is very rare and called formicaite. It is known from a few boron deposits. It may be produced synthetically by reacting calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide with formic acid.

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