Functional Role

pH Adjusters & Buffers

195 products serving this function

pH adjusters and buffers set and hold acidity for stability, performance, and safety. RawSource supplies acids, alkalis, citrates, and phosphate buffers in bulk.

Amines & Amides
Cyclohexylamine (CHA, Aminocyclohexane)
CAS 108-91-8
A cyclic primary amine used as a boiler-water corrosion inhibitor and a versatile synthesis intermediate. Industry references record use as a corrosion inhibitor in boiler feed water, a rubber vulcanization accelerator, and an intermediate for insecticides, plasticizers, dyestuffs, dry-cleaning soaps, and acid-gas absorbents.
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Amines & Amides
D-Serine
CAS 312-84-5
The D-enantiomer of serine, supplied as a high-purity chiral building block for research and synthesis. It is supplied as a high-purity biochemical reagent and chiral building block for laboratory research and organic synthesis.
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Acids & Salts
Denatonium Benzoate
CAS 3734-33-6
The most bitter compound known, dosed at ppm levels as an aversive agent and alcohol denaturant. It is used as an alcohol denaturant and as an aversive bittering agent added to household, automotive, and industrial products to deter accidental ingestion.
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Acids & Salts
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phosphoric Acid (D2EHPA)
CAS 298-07-7
A workhorse liquid-liquid extractant for hydrometallurgical recovery and separation of metals. It is used as a metal extractant in hydrometallurgical solvent-extraction processes, and as a lubricant additive and corrosion inhibitor.
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Amines & Amides
Diaminodiphenylmethane (MDA, 4,4′-Methylenedianiline)
CAS 101-77-9
The aromatic diamine that feeds MDI manufacture and epoxy, polyamide, and polyimide chemistry. PubChem also records its use as an epoxy and polyurethane-elastomer curing agent and as a monomer for polyamide and polyimide resins.
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Acids & Salts
Diammonium Phosphate (DAP)
CAS 7783-28-0
A high-analysis nitrogen-phosphorus source serving agriculture, fermentation, and flame-retardant uses. It is used as a fertilizer and plant nutrient, as a yeast nutrient in fermentation, as a flame retardant for cellulosic materials, and as a soldering flux and corrosion inhibitor.
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Amines & Amides
Diethanolamine (DEA)
CAS 111-42-2
A bifunctional amino-alcohol used for acid-gas treating and as a building block for surfactants and amides. It is used to scrub acid gases such as CO2 and hydrogen sulfide, as an intermediate for surfactants, soaps, and rubber chemicals, and as an emulsifier and humectant in…
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Amines & Amides
Diethylenetriamine (DETA)
CAS 111-40-0
A reactive polyamine whose three nitrogen sites make it a workhorse epoxy hardener and amide precursor. It is consumed in the production of reactive polyamide resins, fatty aminoamides, and imidazolines, and serves as a solvent and saponification agent.
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Amines & Amides
Diethylethanolamine (DEAE)
CAS 100-37-8
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Glycols & Polyols
Diglycolamine (DGA)
CAS 929-06-6
A single-amine, ether-linked alkanolamine that strips acid gases at high concentration with low circulation rates. It is used for the removal of acid gases — carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide — from natural and industrial gas streams, as an emulsifying agent in metalworking fluids, and…
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Amines & Amides
Diisopropanolamine (DIPA)
CAS 110-97-4
A secondary alkanolamine combining mild alkalinity with emulsifying power for neutralization and gas treating. It is used as a chemical intermediate, an emulsifying and neutralizing agent, and for the removal of hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide from natural and industrial gas streams.
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Amines & Amides
Dimethylamine (DMA)
CAS 124-40-3
A reactive secondary amine and a foundational building block for solvents, surfactants, and agrochemicals. It is consumed in the production of the solvents dimethylformamide and dimethylacetamide, water-treatment agents, surfactants, rubber-processing accelerators, and agrochemicals, and is used in leather tanning and electroplating.
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Amines & Amides
Dimethylethanolamine (DMEA)
CAS 108-01-0
A tertiary amino-alcohol acting as catalyst, pH buffer, and corrosion inhibitor across coatings and water systems. It is used as a curing catalyst and accelerator for polyurethane and epoxy resins, a chemical intermediate, a corrosion inhibitor, and a pH-control agent in boiler-water treatment and waterborne…
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Acids & Salts
Dimethyloldihydroxyethylene Urea (DMDHEU)
CAS 1854-26-8
A cyclic-urea crosslinker that bridges cellulose chains to lock in wrinkle resistance. It reacts with cellulose hydroxyl groups to deliver durable-press, wrinkle-resistant, and dimensional-stability finishes to cotton and cellulosic textiles.
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Acids & Salts
Dipotassium Phosphate (DKP)
CAS 7758-11-4
A high-solubility potassium phosphate salt serving as buffer, sequestrant, and emulsifying salt in process systems. It is used as a buffering agent, sequestrant, and emulsifying salt, as a corrosion inhibitor in antifreeze systems, and as a nutrient in fermentation and culture media.
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Acids & Salts
Disodium Phosphate (DSP, Sodium Phosphate Dibasic)
CAS 7558-79-4
An inorganic sodium phosphate buffer used for pH control, emulsification, and scale prevention across food and industrial systems. It is used as a buffering and emulsifying agent in food and industrial systems, as a scale inhibitor in boiler-water treatment, and as a reagent in metal…
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Amines & Amides
Distilled Diacetylated Monoglyceride
CAS 8029-92-3
Distilled Diacetylated Monoglyceride is a specialized food-grade emulsifier designed to improve texture and stability in various formulations.
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Amines & Amides
DL-Alanine (2-Aminopropanoic Acid)
CAS 74144-49-3
A racemic amino acid used as a flavor-modifying additive and an amino-acid building block. It is a non-essential amino acid documented for use as a flavoring agent and serves as an amino-acid building block in chemical and biochemical applications.
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Amines & Amides
Dodecylamine (Laurylamine)
CAS 124-22-1
A primary fatty amine used as a flotation collector, cationic-surfactant feedstock, and chemical intermediate. It is used to make cationic surfactants, as a surfactant in non-metallic mineral mining and quarrying (flotation), in dye and pigment production, and as a chemical intermediate.
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Amines & Amides
Ethanolamine (Monoethanolamine, MEA)
CAS 141-43-5
An amino alcohol that anchors both acid-gas treating and downstream surfactant chemistry. It is widely used to scrub acid gases (CO2 and H2S) from natural gas and process streams and as a building block for nonionic surfactants, soaps, and detergents.
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Amines & Amides
Ethylamine (Monoethylamine)
CAS 75-04-7
A reactive primary amine feedstock for herbicide, dye, and resin synthesis. Principal outlets include the manufacture of triazine herbicides, dyes, and resins, with additional use in oil refining and as a stabilizer for rubber latex.
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Amines & Amides
Ethylenediamine (EDA)
CAS 107-15-3
A difunctional diamine feedstock for chelants, resins, and epoxy curing. It is consumed in the manufacture of chelating agents such as EDTA, polyamide resins, fungicides, and corrosion inhibitors, and serves as an epoxy curing agent, an emulsifier, and a stabilizer for rubber latex.
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Specialty Additives
Eugenol (4-Allyl-2-methoxyphenol)
CAS 97-53-0
A clove-derived aroma phenol that doubles as a flavor note and a vanillin precursor. It is used as a flavoring and fragrance ingredient, contributing warm, spicy, clove-like character, and as a chemical intermediate, notably for the production of isoeugenol and vanillin.
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Acids & Salts
Ferrous Sulfate (Iron(II) Sulfate)
CAS 7720-78-7
A low-cost iron(II) source that doubles as a reducing agent and coagulant across water treatment, cement, and pigment production. It is used as an iron micronutrient in fertilizers and animal feeds, as a coagulant in water and wastewater treatment, as a reducing agent (including chromium(VI)…
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Specialty Additives
Formaldehyde (Formalin)
CAS 50-00-0
A high-volume C1 building block anchoring resin manufacture and a broad range of industrial processing. Its predominant use is as a chemical intermediate, notably in urea-formaldehyde and related resins, with further uses as a disinfectant and fumigant and in wood preservation, leather tanning and textile…
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Acids & Salts
Formic Acid (Methanoic Acid)
CAS 64-18-6
A versatile organic acid used wherever a strong, volatile, readily-decomposing acid is required. It is used in textile, leather and paper dyeing and finishing, in electroplating, as a chemical intermediate, and as a corrosion inhibitor in oilfield treatment fluids.
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Acids & Salts
Fumaric Acid (trans-Butenedioic Acid)
CAS 110-17-8
A long-shelf-life solid acidulant and a reactive diacid for unsaturated polyester systems. It is used as a food acidulant (for example in gelatin desserts and dry beverage powders), as a fortifier in unsaturated polyester, paper-size and alkyd coating resins, and as a chemical intermediate.
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Amines & Amides
Gentian Violet (Crystal Violet)
CAS 548-62-9
A deep-violet triarylmethane dye for staining, ink and pH-indicator applications. Basic Violet 3; CAS 548-62-9) is a triarylmethane basic dye. It is used as a dye for wood, silk and paper, as a colorant in inks, as a biological stain, and as a pH indicator…
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Specialty Additives
Gluconolactone
CAS 90-80-2
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Acids & Salts
Glycine (Aminoacetic Acid)
CAS 56-40-6
Glycine is the simplest amino acid — a clean buffering agent, reagent and flavor/feed nutrient, supplied as a water-soluble crystalline solid.
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Acids & Salts
Glycolic Acid 70% (Hydroxyacetic Acid, GA)
CAS 79-14-1
High-strength alpha-hydroxy acid that descales, etches, and acidulates across metal-cleaning and textile lines. Used industrially to clean metals and dairy/oilfield equipment, in textile dyeing/finishing and leather tanning, in adhesives and electroplating, and as a pH adjuster in personal-care formulations.
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Acids & Salts
Guanidine Carbonate
CAS 124-46-9
Crystalline guanidine salt that serves as a nitrogen-rich synthetic building block. Used as a chemical intermediate and building block in the synthesis of guanidine derivatives, resins, and specialty chemicals, and as an alkalinity/pH-adjusting agent in industrial formulations.
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Acids & Salts
Guanidine Carbonate (99%)
CAS 593-85-1
High-assay guanidine salt for synthesis routes that demand low-residue feedstock. Used as a nitrogen-rich chemical intermediate in the synthesis of guanidine derivatives, resins, and specialty chemicals, and as an alkalinity/pH-adjusting agent.
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Acids & Salts
Hydrochloric Acid (Muriatic Acid, HCl)
CAS 7647-01-0
A high-volume mineral acid stocked for metal treatment, pH adjustment, and chemical synthesis. It is used for metal pickling and surface cleaning, electroplating, ore and oil-well acidizing, pH neutralization, and as a feedstock for producing chlorides and other chemicals.
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Acids & Salts
Hydrofluoric Acid (HF)
CAS 7664-39-3
A specialty mineral acid supplied for etching, metal pickling, and fluorochemical production. Industrial uses include glass and quartz etching, stainless-steel pickling, semiconductor wet etching, exotic-metal extraction, and use as a catalyst and fluorinating agent for producing fluorine-containing chemicals.
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Acids & Salts
Hydrogenated Tallow Alkyl (2-Ethylhexyl) Dimethyl Ammonium Methylsulfate
CAS 308074-31-9
A cationic surfactant concentrate supplied as a fabric-softening and conditioning active. Quaternary ammonium salts of this type are used as fabric-softening, antistatic, and conditioning agents.
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Acids & Salts
Hydrogenated Tallow Alkyl (2-Ethylhexyl) Dimethyl Ammonium Methylsulfate
CAS 157905-74-3
A substantive cationic quaternary surfactant supplied as a softening and antistatic conditioning active. Quaternary ammonium salts of this type are used as fabric-softening, antistatic, and conditioning agents.
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Mineral Fillers & Pigments
Hydrotalcite (Synthetic Magnesium Aluminum Hydroxycarbonate)
CAS 11097-59-9
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Amines & Amides
Isophorone Diamine (IPDA)
CAS 2855-13-2
A cycloaliphatic diamine serving both as a color-stable epoxy hardener and the route to IPDI. Industry references record its use as an epoxy hardener, as a chemical intermediate for the corresponding diisocyanate, and in the production of polymers, mainly polyurethanes.
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Acids & Salts
Isophthalic Acid (IPA)
CAS 121-91-5
An aromatic diacid that upgrades unsaturated polyester and gel-coat resins to high-performance grades. Industry references record its use as a comonomer with terephthalic acid in bottle and specialty resins, in high-performance unsaturated polyesters, and in adhesives, inks, and wire enamels.
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Amines & Amides
Isopropylamine (2-Aminopropane)
CAS 75-31-0
A reactive primary alkylamine supplied in bulk as a solvent and synthesis intermediate. It is used as a solvent and as an intermediate in the synthesis of agrochemicals, dyes, rubber additives, surfactants, and other organic chemicals.
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Amines & Amides
L-Arginine (Arginine)
CAS 74-79-3
A guanidino-functional amino acid supplied for nutrition, fermentation, and pharmaceutical-intermediate use. It is used as a nutritional supplement and food ingredient, as a substrate in biochemical research and pharmaceutical manufacturing, and as a JECFA-listed flavoring agent.
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L-Arginine Hydrochloride (L-Arginine HCl)
CAS 1119-34-2
The water-soluble hydrochloride salt of L-arginine for supplement, food, and pharmaceutical-grade applications. It is used as a nutritional supplement and food ingredient and as a raw material in pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing.
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Amines & Amides
L-Arginine Hydrochloride (L-Arginine HCl)
CAS 627-75-8
A water-soluble salt of the basic amino acid arginine for nutrition, fermentation media, and research. It is used as a nutritional supplement ingredient for foods, as a component of cell-culture media, and as a reagent in biochemical research.
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L-Aspartic Acid (Aspartic Acid)
CAS 56-84-8
A dicarboxylic amino acid central to aspartame and polyaspartate chemistry as well as nutritional fortification. It is used as a raw material in the manufacture of the sweetener aspartame and of peptide pharmaceuticals, as a nutritional supplement and food flavoring agent, in culture-media preparation, and…
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L-Cysteine Hydrochloride Monohydrate (L-Cysteine HCl Monohydrate)
CAS 7048-04-6
A free-flowing monohydrate salt of L-cysteine for food, flavor, and personal-care manufacturing. It is used as a reducing agent and dough conditioner in baking, as a flavoring agent and nutritional supplement, and as a reducing/hair-conditioning ingredient in cosmetics.
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L-Glutamic Acid (Glutamic Acid)
CAS 56-86-0
The amino acid behind glutamate flavor chemistry, also feeding nutrition and peptide-synthesis supply. It is used as a food flavoring ingredient, as a nutritional supplement, and as a raw material in peptide and pharmaceutical synthesis.
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L-Glutamic Acid Hydrochloride (Glutamic Acid HCl)
CAS 138-15-8
The acidic, water-soluble salt of L-glutamic acid for seasoning and soluble-glutamate applications. As a water-soluble, acidic glutamic-acid source it is used as a food acidulant and seasoning ingredient, as a nutritional supplement, and as a raw material in synthesis.
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