【Appearance】 Sodium formate is white crystal or powder with a slight smell of formic acid. 【Boiling point】(℃)360 【Melting point】(℃)≥253 【Density】g/cm3 1.92 【Solubility】Easily soluble in about 1.3 parts of water and glycerin, slightly soluble in ethanol and octanol, insoluble in ether. Its aqueous solution is alkaline. 【Stability】Sodium formate decomposes into hydrogen and sodium oxalate when heated, and then