Properties:
- Appearance is a colorless or pale yellow liquid with a strong irritating odor.
- Soluble in water, stable under acidic conditions, but decomposes in alkaline environments.
- Has excellent surfactant properties, capable of reducing the surface tension of liquids, giving it good wetting and emulsifying performance.
- Is a strong acidic substance that can react with bases to form salts.

Uses:
- Used for the emulsification and dispersion of materials such as resins, rubber, and plastics.
- In biochemical research, it can serve as one of the components of electrophoresis buffer solutions.