Production Description: Sodium gluconate is the sodium salt of gluconic acid, it is white or pale yellow crystalline body or powder, quite easily solube in water , slightly soluble in alcohols and insoluble in ethers. It has good sequestering properties and stable under extreme conditions of temperature and allkalinity. Sodium gluconate is a set retarding and wayer reducing agent for cement-based mixtures. It also acts as an anionic surfactant of high molecular weight polymers. Complies with requirements of INDUSTRY GRADE ED.