1. The sodium borohydride production process involves 7 steps, including steam reforming methane to make hydrogen, electrolysis of sodium chloride to make sodium metal, and combining sodium hydride and trimethylborate to make sodium borohydride.
2. Sodium borohydride has a variety of end uses including in pharmaceuticals, pulp and paper, metal recovery, textiles, and organic chemical purification.
3. The global sodium borohydride market was valued at $1.6 billion in 2019 and is projected to reach $2.4 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 5.1% due to its use as a reducing agent in industry and laboratories.
3. NaBH4 process consists of seven steps:
1. Steam Reforming of Methane to Make Hydrogen
2. Electrolysis of Sodium Chloride to Make Sodium Metal
3. Refining of Borax to Make Boric Acid
4. Converting Boric Acid to Trimethylborate with Methanol
5. Reaction of Sodium Metal and Hydrogen to Make Sodium Hydride
6. Combining Sodium Hydride and Trimethylborate to Make Sodium
Borohydride
7. Recycling Sodium Methoxide By-Product to Methanol
4 NaH + B(OCH3)3 → NaBH4 + 3 NaOCH3
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12. Sodium Borohydride Market, By End Use
• Pharmaceuticals
• Pulp & Paper
• Metal Recovery
• Textiles
• Organic Chemical Purification
• Others
13. Prominent players in the market
Takata
COLMANT COATED FABRICS
Fabri Cote
Longwood Elastomers
Cross Rubber Products Ltd
ContiTech AG
Zenith Industrial Rubber Products Pvt. Ltd.
RAVASCO
Trelleborg AB
and Others
14. Market Scenario
Sodium Borohydride Market was valued at USD 1.6 Billion in 2019 and is
projected to reach USD 2.4 Billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 5.1% from
2020 to 2027.
Sodium Borohydride is an inorganic compound also known as sodium
tetrahydroborate and sodium tetrahydridoborate. It occurs as white powdered
form. It acts as a reducing agent and applications are found in industry as well as
in the laboratory. Sodium Borohydride is used for bleaching wood pulp,
reducing agent in aldehyde and ketone, and blowing agent for plastics.it is less
expensive metal hydride and is cost effective reducing agent.
The major players are The Dow Chemical Company,
Vertellus Specialities, Kemira, Montgomery Chemicals,
Shanghai Shenyu Pharmaceutical & Chemical and
Guangxi Guilin Pharmaceutical.