1. Used in the manufacture of nitroglycerin, alkyd resins and epoxy resins.
2. In medicine, it is used to prepare various preparations, solvents, hygroscopic agents, antifreeze agents and sweeteners, and to prepare external ointments or suppositories, etc.
3. In the coating industry, it is used to prepare various alkyd resins, polyester resins, glycidyl ethers and epoxy resins.
4. In the textile and printing and dyeing industries, it is used to prepare lubricants, hygroscopic agents, fabric anti-shrinkage treatment agents, diffusing agents and penetrants.
5. It is used as a hygroscopic agent and solvent for sweeteners and tobacco agents in the food industry.
6. It has a wide range of uses in industries such as papermaking, cosmetics, tanning, photography, printing, metal processing, electrical materials and rubber.
7, and used as automobile and aircraft fuel and antifreeze in oil fields.
8. Glycerol can be used as a plasticizer in the new ceramic industry.