Properties: White crystalline particles or powder, easily soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol, insoluble in ether.
Food additives, electroplating complexing agent, water quality stabilizer, color leveling agent for printing and dyeing industry, steel surface treatment agent, etc.
In the construction industry, as a water reducing agent and retarder, adding a certain amount of sodium gluconate to the cement can increase the plasticity and strength of the concrete, and has a retarding effect, that is, delaying the initial and final setting time of the concrete.