Disodium Phosphate - Other Uses

Other Uses

  • Disodium phosphate is used in Cream of Wheat to quicken cook time, as described on the ingredients panel of the product package.
  • Disodium phosphate is used in conjunction with trisodium phosphate in many steam-boiler applications. It supplies the inventory of free phosphates to retard calcium scale formation.
  • Monobasic and dibasic sodium phosphate is used as a saline laxative to treat constipation or to clean the bowel before a colonoscopy.

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