Sodium Bromide

Product Description

We Salius Pharma is amongst the leading exporter andsuppliers of Sodium Bromide. It is an inorganic white,crystalline solid with the chemical formula NaBr. It is a widely usedsource of the bromide ion and has many applications. Odium bromide isthe most useful inorganic bromide in industry. Also known as Sedoneural, sodiumbromide has been used as a hypnotic, anticonvulsant, and sedative in medicine,widely used as an anticonvulsant and a sedative in the late 19th and early 20thcenturies. Its action is due to the bromide ion, and for this reason potassiumbromide is equally effective. Sodium bromide is widely used for the preparationof other bromides in organic synthesis and other areas. It is a source of thebromide nucleophile to convert alkyl chlorides to more reactive alkyl bromidesby the Finkelstein reaction. Once a large need in photography, but nowshrinking, the photosensitive salt silver bromide is prepared using NaBr.It isused in conjunction with chlorine as a disinfectant for swimming pools. Sodiumbromide is used to prepare dense fluids used in oil wells.