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.

Acids & Salts
Potassium Tripolyphosphate (KTPP)
CAS 13845-36-8
A highly soluble potassium polyphosphate that sequesters hardness ions and builds detergency in cleaning and food systems. It is used as a chelating and buffering agent, a builder in cleaning and washing formulations, a water-treatment sequestrant, and a texturizer in food applications.
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Acids & Salts
Propionic Acid
CAS 79-09-4
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Amines & Amides
Propylamine (n-Propylamine, 1-Aminopropane)
CAS 107-10-8
A reactive primary amine building block for agrochemical, dye, and rubber-chemical synthesis. It is used as a chemical intermediate and laboratory reagent in the manufacture of rubber chemicals, dyestuffs, agricultural chemicals, corrosion inhibitors, and textile and leather finishing resins.
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Specialty Additives
Resorcinol (1,3-Benzenediol, m-Dihydroxybenzene)
CAS 108-46-3
A reactive dihydroxybenzene building block for rubber-bonding resins, adhesives, and dye intermediates. Its primary industrial use is as a monomer for resorcinol-formaldehyde resins and adhesives used in tire-cord and rubber-to-textile bonding and in high-performance wood adhesives; it also serves as an intermediate for dyes and…
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Acids & Salts
Salicylic Acid
CAS 69-72-7
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Acids & Salts
Sebacic Acid
CAS 111-20-6
A ten-carbon diacid that carries castor-derived feedstock into polyamide fibers, coating resins, and low-temperature ester fluids. It is a comonomer for nylon 6,10 and related polyamides, a raw material for alkyd and polyester resins, and a feedstock for plasticizer and lubricant esters.
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Acetate
CAS 127-09-3
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate (SAPP, Disodium Pyrophosphate)
CAS 7758-16-9
A controlled-rate leavening acid in the bakery and a chelating, metal-conditioning phosphate on the plant floor. It is used as a leavening acid in baking powders and as a food acidulant, sequestrant, and buffering agent, and industrially as a chelating and dispersing agent and a…
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Aluminate
CAS 1302-42-7
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Bicarbonate (Baking Soda)
CAS 144-55-8
A single low-cost alkali that leavens, buffers, scrubs, and neutralizes across food, cleaning, and process chemistry. It is used across food, cleaning, and personal-care applications as a leavening agent, buffering and neutralizing agent, mild abrasive, and deodorizer, and industrially in uses ranging from flue-gas treatment…
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Bisulfate
CAS 7681-38-1
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Carbonate (Soda Ash)
CAS 497-19-8
Soda ash is the high-volume alkali behind glassmaking, detergents and water treatment, supplied in light and dense grades.
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Carbonate Monohydrate (Soda Ash)
CAS 5968-11-6
The hydrated soda-ash grade feeding glassmaking, water treatment, and alkaline process chemistry. It is used to manufacture glass, sodium salts, and soap; in textile washing, scouring, and bleaching and in water softening; and in photography and analytical chemistry as an alkalizer and acid-base standard.
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Citrate (Trisodium Citrate)
CAS 68-04-2
A citrate buffer and metal sequestrant that holds pH steady across food, detergent, and plating baths. It controls pH and binds metal ions in food, cleaning, and industrial formulations.
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Diacetate
CAS 126-96-5
A solid-form acetic-acid source that delivers acidity, buffering, and shelf-stability to foods and feed. Used in food processing as an acidulant, buffer, and flavoring agent, as a mold and rope inhibitor in baked goods, and as a preservative for hay and silage.
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Hydrosulfide (NaHS)
CAS 16721-80-5
A concentrated bisulfide source for leather, pulp, dye, and mineral-flotation chemistry. Used to dehair hides in leather processing, as a pulping and desulfurizing agent in pulp, paper, and rayon production, in the manufacture of sulfur dyes, and as a flotation reagent and copper depressant in…
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Hypochlorite (NaOCl, Bleach)
CAS 7681-52-9
Aqueous chlorine bleach delivering oxidative bleaching and disinfection across water, textile, and industrial uses. Used as a bleaching agent in textile, pulp, and paper processing and laundry, as a disinfectant in water treatment, swimming pools, and cooling towers, and to detoxify cyanide in metal-finishing baths.
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Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS)
CAS 151-21-3
A high-foaming anionic surfactant — SLS cleanses, emulsifies and wets across personal-care, household and industrial formulations, and denatures proteins for SDS-PAGE in the lab.
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Metasilicate Pentahydrate
CAS 10213-79-3
Hydrated alkaline silicate that dissolves readily into detergent and cleaning concentrates. Industry references record use of alkali-metal silicates as starting materials for silicas and zeolites, in detergents and cleaners, and in pulp and paper production; it is also a foundry mold and core material and…
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Metasilicate, Anhydrous
CAS 6834-92-0
Anhydrous alkaline silicate builder for heavy-duty detergents, metal cleaning, and foundry binders. PubChem and Hawley list its use in detergents and cleaners, metal cleaning, foundry molds, paper and textile bleaching, ore treatment, and drilling fluids, and as a starting material for silica gels and zeolites.
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Polyaspartate (PASP)
CAS 94525-01-6
Polyamino-acid polyelectrolyte for scale inhibition and dispersancy in water-treatment programs. As an anionic polycarboxylate it acts as a threshold scale inhibitor, dispersant, and sequestering (chelating) agent in water-treatment and cleaning systems.
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Sesquicarbonate (Trona)
CAS 533-96-0
Carbonate-bicarbonate double salt for moderate-alkalinity cleaning, water softening, and bath products. HSDB documents its use as a detergent and soap builder, a mild alkaline agent for general cleaning and water softening, in bath salts, and in leather tanning.
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Silicate Solution (Water Glass)
CAS 1344-09-8
Aqueous soluble-silicate binder and adhesive for foundry, paper, and construction use. PubChem and Hawley document its use in adhesives and binders, foundry molds, detergents, paper bleaching, ore treatment, and drilling fluids, and as a starting material for silica gels and zeolites.
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Sulfide
CAS 1313-82-2
Alkaline inorganic sulfide for leather dehairing, metals precipitation, and sulfur chemistry. PubChem and HSDB document its use as a chemical intermediate, in leather processing as a dehairing (depilatory) agent, as a precipitating agent for heavy metals, in ore flotation, and as a pH-regulating and reducing…
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Tetraborate Decahydrate (Borax)
CAS 1303-96-4
A hydrated borate that moves between glass-and-ceramic fluxing, cleaning chemistry, and pH buffering. It is used as a buffering and chelating agent, a flux and raw material in glass and ceramics, a detergent builder, and a flame retardant; it also carries registered insecticidal and herbicidal…
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Tripolyphosphate (STPP)
CAS 7758-29-4
A high-sequestering inorganic polyphosphate builder that softens water and disperses solids across detergent, ceramic, and water-treatment systems. Industry references record its use in water softening, heavy-duty fabric and automatic-dishwashing detergents, drilling-fluid treatment, and as a sequestering, dispersing, and anti-caking agent; it is also recognized as…
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Acids & Salts
Stabilized Monosilicic Acid (Orthosilicic Acid)
CAS 10193-36-9
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Surfactants - Anionic
Sulfamic Acid (Sulphamic Acid, Amidosulfonic Acid)
CAS 5329-14-6
A dry crystalline strong acid used for descaling, metal cleaning, and chlorine stabilization in industrial water systems. it is used for acid cleaning and descaling of metals, in electroplating, pulp and paper bleaching, and as a chlorine stabilizer in swimming pools, cooling towers, and paper…
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Acids & Salts
Sulfuric Acid (Sulphuric Acid)
CAS 7664-93-9
A foundational mineral acid supplied for fertilizer production, refining, metal treatment, and battery-electrolyte duty. it is used in fertilizer manufacture, petroleum refining, lead-acid batteries, metal cleaning and electroplating (pickling), and in pulp and paper, textile, and glass processing.
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Surfactants - Anionic
Taurine (2-Aminoethanesulfonic Acid)
CAS 107-35-7
A crystalline aminosulfonic acid used as a food and beverage ingredient and as a building block for taurine-derived surfactants. it is used as a food and nutritional ingredient and in biochemical research; its fatty-acid derivatives are important wetting, washing, and dispersing agents in cleaning products…
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Amines & Amides
Tetraethylenepentamine (TEPA)
CAS 112-57-2
Tetraethylenepentamine is a five-nitrogen polyethyleneamine used mainly as an epoxy curing agent and as an intermediate for fuel/lube additives, surfactants and corrosion inhibitors.
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Acids & Salts
Tetrapotassium Pyrophosphate (TKPP)
CAS 7320-34-5
A highly soluble potassium polyphosphate for sequestration, buffering, and dispersion in cleaning and process formulations. it is used in detergents and surfactant systems, in water treatment, and as a clay thinner in drilling muds, and it serves as a chelating and buffering agent.
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Acids & Salts
Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate (TSPP)
CAS 7722-88-5
A workhorse sodium polyphosphate used as a water softener, detergent builder, and sequestrant. it is used as a water softener, detergent builder, emulsifying agent, and sequestrant, and in metal cleaning, water treatment, and textile and clay processing.
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Acids & Salts
Tributyl Phosphate (TBP)
CAS 126-73-8
A versatile phosphate ester for metal solvent-extraction, defoaming, and plasticizing duty. It is used as a solvent and extractant for metal-ion separation (including rare-earth and nuclear fuel-cycle processing), as a plasticizer, an antifoam agent, and a component of fire-resistant aircraft hydraulic fluids.
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Acids & Salts
Tricalcium Phosphate (Calcium Phosphate Tribasic)
CAS 7758-87-4
A multipurpose calcium phosphate for feed, anticaking, and ceramic/glass applications. It is used in fertilizers and animal feed, as an anticaking and free-flow agent, and in glass, ceramics, polishing and dental powders, as well as a stabilizer in plastics.
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Acids & Salts
Trichloroacetic Acid (TCA)
CAS 76-03-9
A strongly acidic chlorinated acetic acid for synthesis and laboratory reagent duty. It is used as a reagent and intermediate in organic synthesis and as an acidic laboratory reagent; its sodium salt has been used as a herbicide.
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Acids & Salts
Trichloroisocyanuric Acid (TCCA)
CAS 87-90-1
A high-available-chlorine isocyanurate for water sanitation, bleaching, and chlorination chemistry. It is used as a chlorinating and oxidizing agent and as a sanitizer in swimming-pool and water treatment, industrial cleaners, bleaches, and scouring powders.
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Amines & Amides
Triethanolamine (TEA)
CAS 102-71-6
A versatile amino-alcohol for neutralizing, emulsifying, and corrosion-inhibiting formulations. It is used to make surfactants and emulsifiers, as a pH adjuster and neutralizer, a corrosion inhibitor in metalworking and cutting fluids, and an intermediate for cement additives, waxes, polishes, and petroleum demulsifiers.
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Amines & Amides
Triethylamine (Et3N)
CAS 121-44-8
A tertiary-amine base and catalyst that mops up acid and drives polymer cure. It is widely used as a catalyst and acid-scavenging base in organic synthesis, a catalyst for polyurethane foams, an accelerator for rubber, a curing agent for epoxy and amino resins, and a…
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Amines & Amides
Triethylenetetramine (TETA)
CAS 112-24-3
A polyamine hardener that cross-links epoxy systems and feeds surfactant synthesis. It is used principally as a curing agent/hardener for epoxy resins and as a chemical intermediate for polyamide resins, imidazoline and amidoamine surfactants, and detergents.
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Amines & Amides
Triisopropanolamine (TIPA)
CAS 122-20-3
An amino-alcohol that neutralizes, emulsifies, and cross-links across coatings and rubber systems. It is used as an emulsifier, a corrosion inhibitor in metalworking fluids, a cross-linking agent in coatings and rubber, and a neutralizer/acid-acceptor.
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Amines & Amides
Trimethylamine (TMA)
CAS 75-50-3
A high-reactivity tertiary amine feedstock for downstream quaternary and choline chemistries. It serves primarily as a building block in organic synthesis - notably for choline salts and quaternary ammonium compounds - and as an odorant warning agent for natural gas.
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Mineral Fillers & Pigments
Tripotassium Phosphate (Potassium Phosphate Tribasic)
CAS 7778-53-2
A strongly alkaline potassium-phosphate salt used wherever buffering, sequestration, or potassium-phosphate enrichment is required. It functions as an alkaline buffering and pH-regulating agent, as a sequestrant and stabilizer in food applications, and as a source of potassium and phosphate in fertilizer and soil-amendment use.
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Acids & Salts
Tris(1-chloro-2-propyl) Phosphate (TCPP)
CAS 13674-84-5
An additive chlorinated phosphate ester specified mainly for flame-retardant polyurethane systems. It is used principally as a flame retardant, most notably in polyurethane foams, and additionally functions as a plasticizer.
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Acids & Salts
Trisodium Phosphate (TSP)
CAS 7601-54-9
A high-alkalinity sodium phosphate workhorse for degreasing, water conditioning, and scale removal. Its strong alkalinity drives its primary use as a heavy-duty cleaning agent in soaps, detergents, and scouring powders, and as a water softener and boiler-scale remover.
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Glycols & Polyols
Tromethamine (Tris)
CAS 77-86-1
A widely used amino-alcohol buffer base valued for stable pH control in aqueous systems. In industrial and laboratory use it functions as a buffering and pH-regulating agent, including as a biological buffer and a buffering ingredient in cosmetic formulations.
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Acids & Salts
Urea (Carbamide)
CAS 57-13-6
The benchmark high-nitrogen building block bridging fertilizer, resin, and formulation chemistries. It is used as a nitrogen fertilizer and livestock feed nutrient, as a monomer for urea-formaldehyde and melamine resins, and as a humectant and skin-conditioning agent in cosmetics.
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Acids & Salts
Urea Phosphate
CAS 4861-19-2
A dual-nutrient N-P compound that puts nitrogen and phosphate into one acidic, water-soluble crystal. Its documented use is as a plant fertilizer and soil amendment, including in aqueous (liquid) fertilizer applications.
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