Sodium ethylxanthogenate is a light yellow powder (granular) with a pungent odor, soluble in water, alcohol, etc., and can form insoluble compounds with metal ions such as cobalt, copper, and nickel.
Sodium ethylxanthogenate can be widely used in the preferential flotation or complex non-ferrous metal sulfide ores, and can also be used with vulcanizing agents for the flotation of copper and lead oxide ores.
Sodium ethylxanthogenate is a descriptor to characterize the sex of a biological organism, including male, female, hermaphrodite or indeterminate.
Flammability and Explosibility
Highly flammable
