Kasuwar formic acid tana da faɗi sosai kuma a halin yanzu ana ci gaba da bincike kan sabbin aikace-aikace waɗanda ake sa ran za su taimaka wa masana'antar faɗaɗa a wani mataki da ba a taɓa gani ba a tsakanin 2021-2027.
A cewar wani rahoto da Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya ta fitar, rashin amfani da abinci mai kyau shi ne ke haifar da cututtuka miliyan 600 da ake samu ta hanyar abinci da kuma mutuwar mutane kusan 420,000 a duk duniya. Bugu da ƙari, miliyan 1.35 daga cikin waɗannan cututtukan da CDC ta ambata ƙila Salmonella ne ya haifar da su, wanda ya haifar da kusan asibiti 26,500 da kuma mutuwar mutane 420 a Amurka.
Idan aka yi la'akari da yadda wannan cuta mai yaduwa ta abinci ke yaduwa da kuma tasirinta, amfani da dabarun rage kasancewar ƙwayoyin cuta a cikin dabbobi mafita ce mai amfani ga wannan matsala. A wannan fannin, amfani da sinadarai masu gina jiki a cikin abincin dabbobi na iya zama babbar hanyar hana ƙwayoyin cuta da kuma hana sake kamuwa da cuta a nan gaba. Wannan shine inda sinadarin formic acid ke shiga.
Acid na formic yana takaita ƙwayoyin cuta a cikin abincin dabbobi kuma yana hana haɓakarsu a cikin tsarin narkewar abinci na tsuntsaye. Bugu da ƙari, an bayyana mahaɗin a matsayin maganin kashe ƙwayoyin cuta mai tasiri ga Salmonella da sauran ƙwayoyin cuta.
Binciken da aka yi a baya-bayan nan zai iya buɗe sabbin hanyoyi ga masana'antar formic acid a cikin aikace-aikacen abincin dabbobi
A watan Afrilun 2021, wani bincike ya nuna cewa ana iya amfani da sinadarin formic acid mai sinadarin sodium a cikin abincin pellet da mash a cikin wuraren kiwon alade, masu noman naman alade, da kuma injinan gyaran alade don samar da sinadarin acid mai ci gaba na tsawon watanni 3.
Yawan wannan sinadarin ya nuna ƙarin kwanciyar hankali a cikin abincin da aka yi da pellet da kuma wanda aka niƙa, kuma yawan da aka haɗa a manyan matakan ya rage pH na abincin. Waɗannan sakamakon na iya taimaka wa masu samarwa su fahimci amfani da formic acid a cikin abincin da aka yi da pellet don amfani da abincin dabbobi.
Da yake magana game da wannan, yana da mahimmanci a ambaci sinadarin Amasil formic acid na BASF. A cewar kamfanin, samfurin yana tallafawa mahimmancin aikin samar da dabbobi ta hanyar inganta tsaftar abinci, wanda zai iya taimaka wa masu samar da ƙwai da kaji su samar da ingantaccen amfanin gona.
Duk da cewa amfani da abincin dabbobi ya kasance abin da ake amfani da shi a tsaye a duk faɗin masana'antar, formic acid kuma yana shiga wasu masana'antu - wasu daga cikinsu sun haɗa da masana'antun magunguna, fata, yadi, roba da takarda.
A cewar wani bincike da aka yi kwanan nan, kashi 85% na formic acid ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin amintacce, mai araha, kuma madadin magani mai inganci don magance kurajen da aka saba da su tare da bin ƙa'idodi mafi girma da ƙarancin illa.
Bayan haka, ƙaruwar kamuwa da kurajen fuska a duniya zai yi babban tasiri ga amfani da formic acid a cikin magunguna don magance waɗannan yanayi. Kurajen fuska na yau da kullun suna shafar kusan kashi 10 cikin 100 na yawan jama'ar duniya, tare da yawan kamuwa da kusan kashi 10 zuwa 20 cikin 100 a cikin yara 'yan makaranta, a cewar wani rahoto na baya-bayan nan na Cibiyar Ba da Bayani kan Fasahar Halittu ta Ƙasa a shekarar 2022. Ya fi yawa a cikin masu sarrafa nama da marasa lafiya da ke fama da rashin garkuwar jiki.
A fannin yadi, galibi ana amfani da formic acid don kawar da iskar nitrous acid, rini mai tsaka-tsaki da rini mai rauni a cikin tsarin nitrate na sub-micron na Tyco. An san wannan mahaɗin yana inganta yawan aiki na rini a cikin tsarin chromium mordant. Bugu da ƙari, amfani da formic acid maimakon sulfuric acid a cikin rini na iya guje wa lalacewar cellulose, saboda acidity matsakaici ne, yana da kyakkyawan wakili mai taimako.
A cikin masana'antar roba, formic acid ya dace da haɗa latex na halitta saboda fa'idodi da yawa, gami da:
Waɗannan fa'idodin sun sa wannan mahaɗin ya zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun masu kauri na roba na halitta don samar da roba busasshiya. Bincike ya nuna cewa haɗakar latex na roba ta halitta ta amfani da isasshen adadin formic acid da kuma hanyar da aka ba da shawarar na iya samar da roba busasshiya mai inganci tare da launi mai kyau da masana'antun da masu rarrabawa ke buƙata.
Ƙara yawan buƙatar roba ta latex don ƙara samar da safar hannu, hular ninkaya, cingam da sauran kayayyaki na iya yin tasiri ga tallace-tallace na formic acid a duniya. Ba tare da ambaton ba, ƙaruwar tallace-tallacen safar hannu a lokacin annobar COVID-19 ya samar da kyakkyawan ci gaba ga kasuwar formic acid.
Matakan gurɓataccen iskar carbon dioxide a duniya na ƙaruwa, kuma samar da sinadarai daban-daban zai ƙara wannan tasirin gurɓataccen iskar carbon ne kawai. A cewar rahoton IEA, hayakin carbon kai tsaye daga babban samar da sinadarai ya kai 920 Mt CO2 a shekarar 2020. Don haka, gwamnatoci da ƙungiyoyi yanzu suna aiki don rage hayakin carbon ta hanyar mayar da iskar gas zuwa acid na halitta wanda za a iya amfani da shi a masana'antu daban-daban.
A cikin irin wannan gwaji, wata ƙungiyar bincike a Cibiyar Fasaha ta Tokyo da ke Japan ta ƙirƙiro tsarin photocatalytic wanda zai iya rage iskar carbon dioxide ta hanyar amfani da hasken rana sannan ya mayar da ita zuwa formic acid tare da kusan kashi 90 cikin ɗari na zaɓinta. Sakamakon ya nuna cewa tsarin ya iya nuna kashi 80 zuwa 90% na zaɓinta na formic acid da kuma kashi 4.3% na yawan amfanin ƙasa na quantum.
Duk da cewa samar da formic acid daga carbon dioxide yana da matuƙar muhimmanci a masana'antar sinadarai a yau, majiyoyi sun yi hasashen cewa za a iya ganin mahaɗin a matsayin ingantaccen ƙwayar ajiyar hydrogen a cikin tattalin arzikin hydrogen na gaba. A gaskiya ma, formic acid da abubuwan da ya samo asali za a iya kallon su a matsayin ruwa mai adana carbon dioxide wanda za a iya amfani da shi kai tsaye a cikin sarƙoƙin ƙimar sinadarai da ake da su.