Names | |
---|---|
Other names
Zirconium(IV) lactate
| |
Identifiers | |
3D model (
JSmol)
|
|
ChemSpider | |
PubChem
CID
|
|
UNII | |
CompTox Dashboard (
EPA)
|
|
| |
| |
Properties | |
C12H20O12Zr | |
Molar mass | 447.504 g·mol−1 |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their
standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
|
Zirconium lactate is the zirconium salt of lactic acid. It is used in some deodorants. Zirconium carboxylates adopt highly complex structures and are heterogeneous compositions with the approximate formula Zr(OH)4-n(O2CCHOHCH3)n(H2O)x where 1 < n < 3. [1]
It is also used in the petroleum industry as a cross-linking agent to prepare gels for fracturing fluids, fluids which are pumped into an oil-bearing rock formation to cause cracks in the rock and so to allow the oil to be extracted. [2] It may be prepared by treating zirconium oxide with lactic acid. [2]
It is a colourless solid.
Its LD50 >10 g/kg). [3] It is suspected of causing zirconium granulomas (a form of skin irritation) in a small number of users. [4]