General description:
Chemical Formula: NaCl
Industrial salt forms an intermediary in the manufacturing of a wide variety of products right from detergents, textile dyes, resins, plastics, glass and other chemicals. Industrial salt also assists in cleaning gas and oil wells and is an essential component in the manufacture of paper, tyre, brass, bleach and case-hardened steel.
Application & Usage:
In the oil industry, salt is used to increase the density of mud and soil, which creates a more safe and efficient drilling rig.
Pharmaceutical companies also use salt in the process of making capsules, as well as the production of saline solutions, which have widespread secondary uses. Salt use by the medical and pharmaceutical companies accounts for a large percentage of the total national industrial salt usage.
Of course, the majority of the world’s industrial salt is used to deice roads and to create a safer driving surface, not only for the public, but for government use as well. Sixty to eighty percent of globally mined salt is used to improve the safety of public transit in one capacity or another, but usually to decrease the freezing point of snow and ice.