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Zirconium lactate is the zirconium salt of lactic acid. It is used in some deodorants. It is a colourless solid. Zirconium carboxylates adopt highly complex structures and are heterogeneous compositions with the approximate formula Zr4-nnx where 1 < n < 3.
It is also used in the petroleum industry as a cross-linking agent to prepare gels for fracturing fluids, fluids whichare pumped into an oil-bearing rock formation to cause cracks in the rock and so to allow the oil to be extracted. It may be prepared by treating zirconium oxide with lactic acid.
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