Inorganic chemical compound used as a medicine to treat calcium excesses or deficits in the human body. Also known as calcium chloride.

Salt presented in the form of a fine, white, silky powder, used as a slipping agent, with lubricant properties, for use in polymers.

Used as a  solid lubricant in thermoplastic processes. In the plastic industry, it is used in PVC pigmentation processes and for accelerating fusion in rigid PVC.

Also used in the production of cosmetics, water-repellant materials, wax crayons and cement. It is also used as an additive in foods and paints.

Non water-soluble salt, found in alcohols and organic solvents, which breaks down at high temperatures to form carbon dioxide and copper oxide.

Used as a pigment in paint, the cosmetics industry and as a funcide and algicide and for roofs and tiles.

Salt with a large variety of industrial uses. Used in the agrochemical industry for manufacturing pesticides and coatings, and in the animal food, textile and leather industries. Also used as an algicida in water treatment, as a base for galvanising processes (electroplating copper acid coatings) and for treating wood, synthetic rubber, natural asphalt and in the steel industry.

Chemical compound used for measuring basic refractory bricks and in extinguishers, cosmetics and dentifrices. Also used as a fume inhibitor in plastics, a reinforcement agent in neoprene rubber, a drying agent, laxative and to retain colour in food.

Inorganic compound used in cosmetics to treat skin, nails and hair, and in pharmaceutical products for treating the bone, joint and circulation systems.

Used in many different fields, such as chloroalkaline electrolysis, inorganic potassium compounds, zeolites, colorants and pigments, titanium dioxide, and in the enamel and glass industry.

One of the most interesting uses of potassium nitrate is for the production of nitric acid. Also used in fertilisers and smoke bombs, and in compounds used to break down organic remains more quickly, such as tree stumps, as it accelreates the decomposition process.

Used to make soaps, cement and protective coatings.

Salt used for fortifying foods, as an agent in powdered products (sugar, flour and dry bases for soups and beverages) and as a calcium supplement in dairy products. Also used in styrene polymerisation and as a ceramic colouring substsance.

Combined potassium and sodium tartrate used in galvanising process, inthe food industry (to make pectins and gelatines) and in the pharmaceutical industry. Also used for metal treatments, as a chelating agent for eliminating aluminium salts and in gas purification processes. Also used in printing inks.

Also known as Seignette Salt.

The most common and known uses include hide coatings and for making adhesives, batteries, ceramics, cosmetics, dyes, explosives, greases, fertilisers, insecticides, paper, pigments, soaps, bactericides, pharmaceuticals and photographic products, detergents, alcohols, ammonia, greases, hydrochloric acid, perfumes, lubricants, ubber, rayon, plastics and synthetic fibres, among others.

Preservative used widely in the food industry due to its capacity to control certain bacteria and also fungi and yeast. Its most common uses are in sparkling and still beverages, in concentrates for preparing drinks, table sauces, jams and canned foods and in certain cosmetics and personal care products.

An essential ingredient in many stomach antiacid formulations and often used in yeast powders, softeners, air purifiers, fungicides and to whiten teeth, among other uses. Also known as  sodium hydrogen carbonate.

White, translucent salt containing carbon, oxygen and sodium, used to make glass, food additives and for other industrial applications.

Inorganic compound with many industrial uses. Also known as sodium pyrosulphite or sodium bisulphite.

Supplied in the form of a white crystalline powder, and used mainly in ecological cleaning products.

Inorganic substance that is dissolved directly in water, producing an alkaline solution. Used in industry to make adhesives, detergents, ingredients in cleaning compounds, cements, binders, protective and specific coatings, to assist in coagulation, anticorrosives, catalyst bases, deflocculants, chemicals, zeolites, etc.

Colourless substance with good water solubility and poor solubility in most organic solvents (except glycerine). One of the main constituents of detergents, and used to manufacture glass, dilute dyes and manufacture many chemicals.

Colourless compound used as a starting product in many chemical processes. Used as a preservative and antioxidant in the food industry and also to improve the quality of rubber and cellulose industry products.

Used as a stripping agent in metallurgy, and is able to attack metal oxides and dissolve oxide layers, exposing the clean metal surface. Due to its corrosive nature, this stripping agent is not suitable for use in electronic work. Also used to make magnesium oxide cements and for dental fillings and in textile processes, and for making strippers and catalysts for organic synthesis.