Name of Commodity Chemical CAS Number Potential Usage
Acetic acid 64-19-7 For neutralisation purposes
Ammonia solution 1336-21-6 pH adjustment
Aluminium chloride hydroxide 1327-41-9 Buffering agent, complexing agent
Aluminium sulphate (Alum) 10043-01-03 Tanning, water treatment chemical
Ammonium bicarbonate 1066-33-7 Neutralisation (leather processing)
Ammonium carbonate 506-87-6 Mordant in textile dyeing, detergent in wool dyeing and in tanneries
Ammonium chloride 12125-02-09 Deliming (leather processing)
Ammonium sulphate 7783-20-2 Levelling, after-treatment agents for fastness improvement, additive in all-over-printing
Bis peroxide 25155-25-3 Footwear-rubber
Calcium carbonate 471-34-1 Accessory and gear
Calcium hydroxide 12177-67-2 Hair removal/liming (leather processing), ETP
Calcium hypochlorite 7778-54-3 Bleaching, ETP, disinfecting chemicals
Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) 9004-32-4 Weaving-sizing agent
Chrome alum 10141-00-1 Tanning
Chromium sulphate 10101-53-8
15244-38-9 (decahydrate)
10031-37-5 (penta decahydrate)
13520 66-6 (octa-decahydrate)
Chrome tanning
Citric acid anhydrous 77-92-9 For neutralisation as substitute of acetic acid and buffering agent
Citric acid monohydrate 5949-29-1 For neutralisation as substitute of acetic acid and buffering agent
Diammonium phosphate 7783-28-0 Buffering agent in ETP
Disodium phosphate 7558-79-4 Catalyst in pigment printing
Dolomite 16389-88-1 Neutralisation (leather processing)
DTPA Diethylenetriaminepenta-acetic acid (Pentetic acid) 67-43-6 Chelating agent
EDTA Ethylenedi-aminetetra acetic acid (edetic acid) 60-00-4 Chelating agent
Ferric chloride 7705-08-0 ETP chemical
Ferrous sulphate 17375-41-6 ETP chemical
Formic acid 64-18-6 For neutralisation as substitute of acetic acid
Glucose 50-99-7 Reducing agent
Glycerine 56-81-5 Lab reagent, additive use in all-over printing
Hydrochloric acid 7647-01-0 For neutralisation as substitute of acetic acid
Hydrogen peroxide 7722-84-1 Bleaching agent, oxidising agent
Hydroxylamine sulphate 10039-54-0 Buffering agent, hair removal
Isopropyl palmitate 142-91-6 Textile processing
Sodium 3-nitrobenzenesulfonate (Ludigol) 127-68-4 As antioxidant in dyeing and printing recipes
Magnesium carbonate 546-93-0 Neutralisation (leather processing)
Magnesium chloride 7786-30-3 ETP and textile complexing agent, bleaching agent
Magnesium hydroxide 1309-42-8 Neutralisation (leather processing)
Magnesium sulphate (MgSO4) solution 7487-88-9 Textile dyeing and leather tanning
Nitric acid 7697-37-2 Deionization ETP
Oxalic acid 114-62-7 Neutraliser for polyester dyeing and printing
Phosphoric acid 7664-38-2 Buffering agent, neutralisation
Polyaluminium chloride 1327-41-9 Water and effluent treatment chemicals
Polyethylene glycol 25322-68-3 Humectant, anti-foaming
Potassium alum 10043-67-1 Water treatment
Potassium dichromate 7778-50-9 After chroming agent in dyeing, tanning
Potassium dihydrogen phosphate 7778-77-0 Buffering
Potassium hydroxide 1310-58-3 Lab reagent
Potassium permanganate 7722-64-7 Denim manufacturing to fading colour of fabric, oxidising agent
Silicon dioxide 112926-00-8 Footwear-rubber
Sodium acetate 0127-09-03 Used as a buffer in dyeing
Sodium acetate trihydrate 6131-90-4 Used as a buffer in dyeing
Sodium alginate 9005-38-3 Anti-migration in dyeing
Sodium bicarbonate 144-55-8 Printing, neutralisation, buffer
Sodium carbonate 497-19-8 Printing, neutralisation, buffer
Sodium carbonate monohydrate 06/11/68 Neutralisation, buffering agent, dyeing agent for regulating pH
Sodium carbonate decahydrate 01/02/32 Dyeing agent for regulating pH
Sodium chloride 7647-14-5 Dyeing, bleaching, whitening
Sodium citrate 03/04/32 WTP membrane cleaning, exhaustion agent
Sodium dichromate 7789-12-0 After chroming agent in dyeing
Sodium formate 141-53-7 Pickling (leather processing)
Sodium hydrosulfite solid 7775-14-6 Discharge printing, ETP
Sodium hydrosulfite (Sodium dithionite) solution 7775-14-6 Dyeing, denim dyeing
Sodium hydrosulphide 16721-80-5 Hair removal (leather processing)
Sodium hydroxide pellets 1310-73-2 Pre treatment and fixation
Sodium hydroxide solution 1310-73-3 Pre treatment and fixation, mercerising auxiliaries
Sodium hypochlorite 7681-52-9 Oxidising agent to removal of colour, cleaning agent
Sodium lauryl sulphate 151-21-3 Washing
Sodium metabisulfite 7681-57-4 Anti oxidant
Sodium metasilicate 6834-92-0 Part of commercial sodium silicate which is used as alkali in cpb dyeing
Sodium nitrate 7631-99-4 Textile enamel agent, dyeing help
Sodium nitrite 7632-00-0 Neutraliser and buffer in tanning
Sodium perborate 10486-00-7 Oxidising agent, filler
Sodium percarbonate 15630-89-4 Oxidising agent and dye fixing agent bleaching agents
Sodium persulfate 7775-27-1 Bleaching agent
Sodium polyphosphate 68915-31-1 As buffer and alkali releasing agent in reactive dyeing
Sodium silicate 1344-09-08 Silicate dyeing and printing, fixing agent, lab reagent
Sodium sulphate 7757-82-6 Dyeing, ETP
Sodium sulphide 1313-82-2 Sulphur dyeing
Sodium sulphite 7757-83-7 Anti oxidant
Sodium thiosulfate anhydrous 7772-98-7 Lab reagent and in developing the print film
Sodium thiosulfate solution 10102-17-7 Lab reagent and in developing the print film
Starch 65996-63-6 Finishing
Steric acid 57-11-4 Textile, footwear-rubber
Sulphuric acid 7664-93-9 ETP, carbonising (wool) 1:1 pre-made dyes
Thio urea dioxide 1758-73-2 Reducing agent for dyeing and printing
Trisodium phosphate 7601-54-9 Dyeing
Urea 57-13-6 Printing as humectant
Zinc sulphate 7446-20-0 Mordant in printing
Zinc carbonate 51839-25-9 Footwear-rubber
Zinc oxide 1314-13-2 Footwear-rubber