Chemical Name: Sodium Propionate Molecular Formula: CH3CH2COONa Molecular Weight: 96.06 Properties: White crystalline granule or crystalline powder, odourless or with little propionate smell, easily deliquesce, very easily soluble in water, soluble in ethabol, slightly soluble in acetone. Application: Food preservative, moldy inhibitors.1. Sodium Propionate is used as liquid sodium propionate wet type acid preservatives, its bacteriostasis affected by PH environment. 2. Sodium Propionate is bounded agent in leather-making so as to improve the uniformity of the alkali resistance force and the tanning of leather. 3. Sodium Propionate can be used as food preservative, sodium acid and acid type, its bacteriostatic effect is influenced by environmental pH value. 4. Sodium Propionate also can be used as food, feed, and anti-corrosion, fungicide. 5. Sodium Propionate also can be used as cosmetics preservatives. To the mold and yeast, it has broad antibacterial effect.