Used as a deicing agent on airport runways and roads, especially where environmental concerns limit the use of chloride-based salts. It is effective at low temperatures and helps prevent ice formation without causing significant corrosion to infrastructure or damage to vegetation. Also employed in the food industry as a buffering agent and preservative, contributing to pH control in various processed foods and beverages. In pharmaceuticals, it serves as an electrolyte replenisher in intravenous fluids to treat low potassium levels. Additionally, it is utilized in organic synthesis as a source of acetate ions and in gas scrubbing systems to remove acidic gases like hydrogen sulfide.