Zinc Sulphate

Product Description

Zinc sulfate is the inorganic compound with the formula ZnSO₄ as well as any of three hydrates. It was historically known as "whitevitriol". All of the various forms are colorless solids. The heptahydrate is commonly encountered.^[3]

It is on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines, the most important medications needed in a basic health system.

The hydrates, especially the heptahydrate, are the primary forms used commercially. The main application is as a coagulant in the production of rayon. It is also a precursor to the pigment lithopone. Zinc sulfate is used to supply zinc in animal feeds, fertilizers, and agricultural sprays. Zinc sulfate, like many zinc compounds, can be used to control moss growth on roofs. It is used as inelectrolytes for zinc plating, as a mordant in dyeing, as a preservative for skins and leather and in medicine as an astringent andemetic.