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CAS 108-62-3 Molluscicide Products metaldehyde 5%GR For greenhouse
Description:
Metaldehyde is a molluscicide used to attract and kill slugs and snails. It is used in a va
riety of vegetable and ornamental crops in the field or greenhouse, on fruit trees, small-fruit p
lants, or in avocado or citrus orchards, berry plants and banana plants. It is applied to the soi
l around plants . Care should be taken not to contaminate edible parts of the plant . It is
used in the form of granules, sprays and dusts, or mixed with bran as a bait . It works prim
arily in the stomach by producing toxic effects after it is ingested by the pest . Metaldehyde
is available in pelleted baits .
Quick Detail:
Product name: metaldehyde 5%GR
Pesticide category: Molluscacide
CAS NO.: 108-62-3
MF: C8H16O4
EINECS No.: 203-600-2
Purity: 5%GR
Appearance (TC): White crystal
Appearance (5%GR): red granular
Brand name: Greenriver/ as per customers request.
Applications:
Metaldehyde is very effective to mollusc like snail and slug etc. It can also be used in
artificial rainfall, manufacture of firework, industry, agriculture and horticulture.
Specifications:
| Active Ingredient | |
| Common Name: | metaldehyde |
| Chemical Name: | 2,4,6,8-tetramethyl-1,3,5,7-tetraoxacyclooctane; acetaldehyde tetramer (but see Composition) |
| Pesticide Category: | Molluscacide |
| CAS No: | 108-62-3 |
| Molecular Formula: | C8H16O4 |
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Structural Formula: |
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| Properties |
Mol. wt. 176.2 (tetramer) M.f. C8H16O4 (tetramer); (C2H4O)x (homopolymer) Form Crystalline powder. M.p. 246 ºC (sealed tube) B.p. Sublimes at 112-115ºC (atmospheric pressure), with partial depolymerisation V.p. 6.6 103 mPa(25 °C) S.g./density 1.27 (20 °C) Solubility In water 222 mg /l (20 °C). In toluene 530, methanol 1730 (both in mg /l, 20 °C). Stability Depolymerises and sublimes above 112 °C. F.p. 50-55 °C (Abel-Pensky closed cup) |
| Mode of Action: | Molluscicide with contact and stomach action. Metaldehyde-poisoned slugs secrete large quantities of slime, desiccate and die. Their mucus cells are irreversibly destroyed. |
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Toxicity:
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Oral Acute oral LD50 for rats 283, mice 425 mg/kg . Skin and eye Acute percutaneous LD50 for rats >5000 mg/kg. Not a skin irritant (rabbits). Not a skin sensitiser (guinea pigs). |
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