Rongalite is a chemical compound with the molecular formula Na+HOCH2SO2−. This salt has many additional names, including Rongalit, sodium hydroxymethylsulfinate, sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate, and Bruggolite. It is water-soluble and generally sold as the dihydrate. The compound and its derivatives are widely used in the dye industry.
Applications:
- Used as industrial bleaching agent and as a reducing agent for vat dyeing.
- Another large-scale use is as a reducing agent in redox-initiator systems for emulsion polymerization.
- A niche use is its use as water conditioner for aquaria as it rapidly reduces chlorine and chloramine and reacts with ammonia to form the innocuous aminomethylsulfinate ion.
- It is also used as an antioxidant in pharmaceutical formulation.
- The compound has been used increasingly in commercial cosmetic hair dye color removers despite the generation of formaldehyde, a known human carcinogen.
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