DDVP
| Specification | |
| Active Ingredient | 95% min. |
| Appearance |
white liquid |
| Physical and chemical properties | |
| Chemical Name |
2,2-dichloroethenyl dimethyl phosphate |
| Empirical Formula |
C4H7Cl2O4P |
| Molecular Weight |
221.0 |
| Structural Formula |
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| Melting point |
<-80 °C |
| Solubility |
In water c. 18 g/l (25 ºC). Completely miscible with aromatic hydrocarbons, chlorinated hydrocarbons and alcohols; moderately soluble in diesel oil, kerosene, isoparaffinic hydrocarbons, and mineral oils. |
| Vapor pressure |
2.1 x 103 mPa (25 ºC) (OECD 104); a second report gives 4.9 x 103 mPa (25 °C) |
| Formulations |
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95%TC, 80%EC, 50%EC
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| Application |
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Insecticide and acaricide with respiratory, contact, and stomach action. Gives rapid knockdown. Control of household and public health insect pests, e.g. flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches, bedbugs, ants, etc.; stored-product pests in warehouses, storerooms, etc.; flies and midges in animal houses; sciarid and phorid flies in mushrooms; sucking and chewing insects, and spider mites in a wide range of crops, including fruit, vines, vegetables, ornamentals, tea, rice, cotton, hops, glasshouse crops, etc. Also used as a veterinary anthelmintic. |