Applications of Zinc Acetate include:
- wood preserving
- polymers industry
- additives and coatings
- textile:
- dye mordant
- waterproofing of textiles, paper & leather
- acrylic emulsion foam manufacturing (thermal insulation)
- precursor via a sol-gel route to the transparent semiconductor zinc oxide
- ultrasonic preparation of zinc sulfide nanoparticles coated on silica particles
- chemistry:
- analytical reagent (albumin, phosphate, blood)
- manufacture of other zinc salts
- manufacture of ethylene acetate
- catalyst (polyester, PA, PVC)
- breath freshener and plaque inhibitor in chewing-gum
- plating inhibitor on primary water piping in nuclear power plants