Applications

1. Cosmetics and Personal Care Industry
   • Powder Products: It serves as a key filler and anti-caking agent in loose powders, pressed powders, and talcum powders. It can improve the texture of powder products, making them smoother and easier to spread, while preventing caking during storage.
   • Cleansing Products: Added to facial cleansers, body scrubs, and bath salts, it acts as a mild exfoliant to help remove dead skin cells gently; it can also adjust the viscosity of cleansing formulations and enhance the foaming effect.
   • Hair Care Products: It is used in some shampoos and hair conditioners as a thickener and viscosity regulator to optimize the product’s consistency and use experience.
2. Textile Industry
   • It is a traditional and important dyeing auxiliary, known as "dyeing salt" in textile production. It helps promote the absorption of dyes onto textile fibers (especially for reactive dyes), improves dyeing uniformity, and enhances the color fastness of dyed fabrics.
3. Detergent and Cleaning Industry
   • It is used as a filler and processing aid in the production of synthetic detergents. It can adjust the active ingredient concentration of detergents, reduce production costs, and improve the fluidity of detergent powder for easier molding.
4. Other Industrial Fields
   • Chemical Manufacturing: It is a raw material for producing sodium sulfide, sodium silicate, and other chemicals.
   • Construction Industry: Mixed into cement, it can adjust the setting time of cement and improve the early strength of concrete.
   • Pharmaceutical Industry: Used as an osmotic laxative in small doses, and as a drying agent for some pharmaceutical raw materials.