Other applications

The variety of applications for products from the iron and aluminium salts family is remarkable. Besides the standard coagulant applications, these products are used in various industries:

Aluminium salts are used to improve precipitation and separation in pulp mill recovery processes.
Iron salts are essential nutrients for anaerobic and aerobic waste water treatment processes.

Polyaluminium Chlorides are used in cosmetics as an anti-perspirant.
Aluminium salts are also used in the production of zeolites, titanium dioxide and other white pigments and in the preparation of fire extinguishers.
Aluminium salts have been used for several thousand years to fix colours on textiles.
Aluminium salts are used to improve precipitation and separation in pulp mill recovery processes.
Iron sulphate is widely used as an additive in animal feed compounds, and to produce pigments for the paint and cosmetic industries.
Iron salts are used as a raw material for medicine injected into humans to treat anaemia.
Iron salts are essential nutrients for anaerobic and aerobic waste water treatment processes.

Did you know?

Iron salts are a proven technology for long duration hydrogen sulphide control in collection system gravity and discharge pipelines of pumping stations, solids processing units, solids transfer lines and anaerobic digesters. These salts have been used for over 30 years in hydrogen sulphide control applications and are a well understood technology.