Sodium Fluoride (NaF, CAS 7681-49-4) is an inorganic ionic compound commonly used as a handled source of fluoride in manufacturing and laboratory processes. Typical commercial applications include use as a fluorinating/fluxing additive, feedstock for specialty fluoride chemistries, reagent-grade analytical standard and a component in certain metal-treatment and ceramic formulations. Product is offered with trace-impurity control to meet process and QC requirements.
Application
- Glass & ceramic fluxing
Used as a fluoride source to modify melting characteristics, improve gloss and adjust chemical resistance in specialty glass and ceramic formulations. - Metal finishing & surface treatment
Employed in conversion coatings and certain metal-treatment chemistries where controlled fluoride release from a solid source is required. - Fluorination intermediate & specialty chemical feedstock
Used as a handled fluoride source in inorganic and organic syntheses that demand a solid fluoride salt. - Analytical standard & reagent
Supplied as reagent-grade material or certified reference for analytical laboratories and method development. - Pest-control & water-fluoridation precursor (industrial uses only)
Used in select industrial chemical routes where sodium fluoride is a feedstock; note regulatory constraints for end uses involving public water systems. - Pharmaceutical intermediate (non-API use)
Used as an intermediate in some industrial syntheses (not as a finished pharmaceutical active); supplier documents and qualification required for regulated supply chains.
