Definition and Usage Areas of disodium phosphate

The chemical name for disodium phosphate is disodium hydrogen phosphate. It occurs primarily in two forms. The first is a crystalline form, the second is an anhydrous form. The anhydrous form does not contain water.

Na2HPO4 is an acid regulator and a chelating agent. It is synthesized from the sodium salt of phosphoric acid (from phosphates fermented in the USA). Disodium phosphate acts as an emulsifier to stabilize the system during most freezing and creaming.

Usage areas

• Di sodium phosphate of Cream of Wheat can also be used to speed up mealtime, as described in the ingredients panel of the product package.
• Na2HPO4 is used together with tri sodium phosphate in multiple boiler applications. They are free phosphate casting materials that retard the formation of calcium scale.
• Single-based and di-basic sodium phosphate is used as a saline laxative to cleanse the bowel before a colonoscopy or to treat constipation.
• It also acts as a thinner in industry. It is used as a humectant in the tobacco industry.
• Disodium hydrogen phosphate, known as Na2HPO4, is used every day in both natural and artificial reactions.
• Na2HPO4 is used medically for liver washing. Washing cleans the liver of harmful toxins and disease. Those with damaged or weakened livers can strengthen or even restore the health of their livers with flushing.
• Na2HPO4 finds many uses outside the body, including the production of dairy foods. It is an essential ingredient in the manufacture of pasteurized cheese and is added to milk to harden it.