Aluminum phosphide
| Specification | |
| Active Ingredient | 90% min. |
| Appearance |
Dark grey or yellowish powder |
| Physical and chemical properties | |
| Chemical Name |
aluminum phosphide |
| Empirical Formula |
AlP |
| Molecular Weight |
58 |
| Structural Formula |
Al≡P |
| Melting point |
>1000 |
| Solubility |
In Water:insoluble, reacts |
| Vapor pressure |
Very low, even at 1000 ºC |
| Formulations |
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90%TC, 56%TA.
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| Application |
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Insecticide and rodenticide which is a respiratory, metabolic, and nerve poison. Evolves a non-flammable mixture of phosphine (the toxicant), ammonia and carbon dioxide. Fumigation control of insect and rodent pests in stored grains (wheat, rye, barley, rice, sorghum, maize, etc.), seed grains, grain products (flour, noodles, semolina, etc.), pulses (peas, beans, lentils, etc.), tobacco, tapioca (roots and flour), oil seeds, expeller cake, nuts, nut kernels, dried fruit, coffee beans, cocoa beans, tea, etc.; and in empty warehouses, silos, packing materials, transport containers, etc. |