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Specification |
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Active Ingredient |
95% min. |
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Appearance |
Yellow-brown liquid with a phenolic odour. |
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Physical and chemical
properties |
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Chemical Name |
O,O-dimethyl O-(3-methyl-4-nitrophenyl) |
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Empirical Formula |
C9H12NO5PS |
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Molecular Weight |
277.2 |
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Structural Formula |
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Melting point |
3.4°C |
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Solubility |
In water 21mg/l (20°C). Readily soluble in
alcohols, esters, ketones, aromatic hydrocarbons, and chlorinated
hydrocarbons. In hexane 24, isopropanol 138 (both in g/l, 20°C). |
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Vapor pressure |
15 mPa ( 20°C) |
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Corrosive properties |
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Application |
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Non-systemic insecticide with contact and stomach
action.
Control of chewing, sucking, and boring insects in cereals, soft
fruit, tropical fruit, vines, rice, sugar cane, vegetables, turf,
and forestry. Also used as a public health insecticide for control
of household insects (flies, cockroaches, and other insects) by
application to breeding sites; for control of flies in animal houses;
for control of stored product insect pests; for control of mosquito
larvae (as a vector control agent for malaria); and for control
of locusts.
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Material Safety Data
Sheet (MSDS) |
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chemical product and company identification |
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composition / information on ingredients |
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hazards identification |
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physical and chemical properties |
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toxicological information |
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disposal considerations |
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transport information |
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regulatory information |
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other information |
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