Profile: Old Bridge Chemicals, Inc. is a supplier of copper & zinc compounds and solutions. We manufacture copper sulfate & carbonate and supply zinc sulfate, zinc chloride & other chemical compounds containing copper & zinc. We serve a variety of chemical-related industries and focus on a selected number of products. Copper sulfate pentahydrate is an odorless blue crystal that readily dissolves in water. It is also soluble in methanol, glycerol and slightly soluble in ethanol. These are readily available source of copper. Copper is an important dietary supplement in animal feeds. Our feed grade copper sulfate pentahydrate is especially designed to meet the stringent requirements of the feed industry. It is free flowing and has excellent absorbent properties. It can be used to destroy algae in water supplies. It controls tadpole shrimp in flooded rice fields and is used as a sewer treatment to destroy roots. Copper sulfate can be used as an ingredient in Bordeaux mixture sprays as a fungicide to control plant diseases. It is an ingredient in wood treating chemicals to protect against mildew and rotting. In industrial applications, it finds use in the production of chemicals, dyes and pigments. These are used in the steel industry for pickling & plating and as a floatation reagent in recovery of zinc & lead in mining. Our zinc sulfate is a spray dried, fine, free-flowing, high purity, pure white, odorless and water soluble powder. It is ideally suitable for providing the nutritional zinc requirements in animal feeds. Rapid dispersion and solubility are beneficial in the production of foliar sprays. It meets the high chemical purity requirements for the production of water treatment chemicals, chemical compounding and the production of rayon & many other industrial applications. It is used in the manufacture of viscose rayon fiber. It is one of the ingredients in the spinning bath, where it promotes coagulation and crenellation of the fiber.