Sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP)

Chemical formula: Na5P3O10

Appearance : White powder

Purity : 94%

Applications:

Used as one of the main auxiliaries for synthetic detergents, synergist for soap, water softener, tanning agent for leather making, auxiliary agent for dyeing

As an effective dispersion agent for suspensions of coatings, kaolin, magnesium oxide, calcium carbonate and drilling mud, and others

As an oil contamination-resistant agent in paper production

In food-processing industry it is used as a quality improver in the process of canned food, fruit juice drinks, foodstuffs from milk or soybeans

It helps tenderize the meat in canned ham and softens the skin of canned horse beans

It may also serves as a softener or densifier in the food-processing industry.