Thiourea 99%

Thiourea 99% is a very useful organic sulphur containing compound having the chemical formula N2H4CS. It refers to a broad class of compounds related to thioamides.

Chemical Appearance

Thiourea 99% has the appearance of a white solid. It is most often seen as a white powder. It is soluble in water. It has a bitter taste

Chemical Applications and Strengths

Thiourea 99% is an extremely efficient chemical compound and therefore, has many industrial applications. Its main applications and strengths are:

• Thiourea 99% is most popularly used as a thiox precursor. It is used as a precursor to Thiourea dioxide and this is a widely used reducing agent in textile processing.
• It is used as a flotation reagent for metal minerals.
• It is used as a corrosion inhibitor for metals.
• Thiourea is commonly used as a fertiliser. It has many desirable properties as a fertiliser specifically under the conditions of environmental stress.
• It can be used for various purposes such as a seed pretreatment for priming, foliar spray, and medium supplementation.
• It is used industrially for the production of flame retardant resins.
• It is also used as vulcanisation accelerator.
• It is used as an auxiliary agent in the manufacture of diazo paper, light sensitive photocopy paper, and many other types of copy paper.
• It is also useful for toning silver gelatine photographic prints.
• It is used in the Clifton Philips and Beaver bright and semi bright electroplating process.
• It is also used to form a solution with tin (II) chloride. This solution is used as an electroless tin plating solution for copper printed circuit boards.