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What is sodium percarbonate and where does it come from?
Sodium percarbonate is manufactured by applying hydrogen peroxide to a solid, granular carrier - soda ash.
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Is sodium percarbonate known by any other names?
Sodium percarbonate is also called sodium carbonate peroxyhydrate, PCS, and sodium carbonate peroxide.
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How is sodium percarbonate used today?
Its main use is as a bleaching agent in laundry detergent powder products. It is also used in food processing for disinfection, but also for bleaching. Other hard surface cleaning products also use sodium percarbonate for stain removal.
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What guidelines should be followed for handling sodium percarbonate?
Sodium percarbonate should not come in contact with water or any organic materials. Also, sodium percarbonate should not be heated or exposed to an open flame.
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What is OCI’s sodium percarbonate manufacturing capacity?
We can produce 60,000 Metric Tons of sodium percarbonate annually at our North American manufacturing facility in Decatur, Alabama.
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What are the hazards of exposure to sodium percarbonate?
Please refer to our MSDS for details about potential hazards to humans. Click Here.
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What is the regulatory status of sodium percarbonate?
Sodium percarbonate is on the TSCA Inventory List (U.S.) and the Domestic Substances List (DSL – Canada).
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Is sodium percarbonate safe for the environment?
Sodium percarbonate is made from ingredients found naturally in the environment. Unlike other bleaching agents, sodium percarbonate contains no chlorine, boron or other environmentally harmful ingredients.
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Is OCI ISO 9001 certified?
Our Decatur sodium percarbonate plant is commited to ISO 9001 principles.
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