Used as a deicing agent for roads and runways, especially where environmental concerns limit the use of chloride-based salts. It is effective at low temperatures and is less corrosive to metals and less harmful to vegetation and concrete. Also employed in food preservation as a buffering agent and preservative, particularly in processed foods and meats. In the pharmaceutical industry, it serves as an excipient and is used in some dialysis solutions. Additionally, it functions as a catalyst or reagent in organic synthesis, including the production of certain polymers and esters.