sodium formate

Property: Sodium formate is part of white and crystal powder, which has slight hygroscope ,and slight smell of methanoic acid, is easily dissolved in water, slightly dissolved in ethanol; out of dissolved in diethyl; proportion is 1.919.Melting point is 253oC.It has strong toxicity as well as irritation.
Specification:
Item Top Grade First Grade
Appearance White Crystalline Powder White Crystalline Power
Moisture & volatile matter,%,≤ 2.0 3.0
Organic impurities(dry),%, ≤ 4.5 6.5
Purity,%,≥ 95.0 93.0
Chloride,%, ≤ 0.20 0.30
Iron,%,≤ 0.0040 0.0060