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Physical Properties
Molecular weight:300.6; Physical form: Colourless crystals; (tech. is a colourless to beige amorphous solid, with a pungent odour). Density:1.74 (26 °C); Composition:Tech. is 90-95% pure. Melting point:178 °C (tech., 175-178 °C); Vapour pressure:<1.3 mPa(25 °C); Henry constant:<1.18×10-1 Pa m3 mol-1 (calc.); Partition coefficient(n-octanol and water):logP = 2.8 (25 °C); Solubility:In water 3.3 mg/l (25 °C). In xylene 20, chloroform 70, acetone 21, cyclohexanone 23, dioxane 47, benzene 21, toluene 6.9, isopropanol 1.7, ethanol 2.9, diethyl ether 2.5 (all in g/kg, 26 °C). Insoluble in petroleum oils.; Stability:Hydrolysed slowly at neutral pH, rapidly in alkali. Thermal DT50 >4 y (80 °C), 14.2 d (120 °C). Very low solubility in organic solvents. Insoluble in petroleum oils. Solubility at 25°C: in xylene 20 g/kg; chloroform 70 g/kg; acetone 20 g/kg; cyclohexanone 20 g/kg; 2-propanol 1 g/kg.
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Toxicology
Oral:Acute oral LD50 for rats 9000 mg/kg. Percutaneous:Acute percutaneous LD50 for rabbits >4500 mg/kg. Corrosive to eyes; mild skin irritant (rabbits). Inhalation:LC50 for male rats >0.72, female rats 0.87 mg/l (tech.). Dust may cause respiratory irritation. Phytotoxicity:Non-phytotoxic if used as directed, but some varieties of apple (e.g. Red Delicious, Winesap) and pear (e.g. D'Anjou, Bosc) may be injured, as also may lettuce seeds and, at higher dosage
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Environmental Profile
Ecotoxicology: Bees:ED50 (oral) 91; (contact) 788 mg/bee.Birds:Acute oral LD50 for mallard ducks and pheasants >5000, bobwhite quail 2000-4000 mg/kg. Not toxic to starlings or red-winged blackbirds at 100 mg/kg.Daphnia: LC50 (48 h) 7-10 ppm.Fish:LC50(96 h) for bluegill sunfish 0.047-0.111 ppm,rainbow 0.066-0.080 ppm (96 h), trout harlequin fish 0.3 mg/l, brook trout 0.034 mg/l.Other aquatic spp.:Moderately toxic to aquatic invertebrates. Environmental fate: Animals:In mammals, the three chlorine atoms are cleaved under the influence of cellular sulfhydryl compounds. Trithiocarbamate, thiophosgene, and tetrahydrophthalimide are formed (R. G. Owens, Ann. New York Acad. Sci., 1969, 160, 114-13Soil:Soil Kd 3-8 (pH 4.5-7.2, o.m. 2.2-6.7%); DT50 c. 1 d (25 °C, pH 7.2, o.m. 1.2%). WATER SOLUBILITY: <5 mg/l at room temperature.
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Transport Information
Signal Word:DANGER; Hazard Class:Ib (Highly hazardous)