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Fruit Trees Metaldehyde 10%GR Molluscicide Products CAS 108-62-3
Description:
Metaldehyde is a molluscicide used to attract and kill slugs and snails (1, 4). It is used in a variety
of vegetable and ornamental crops in the field or greenhouse, on fruit trees, small-fruit plants, or in
avocado or citrus orchards, berry plants and banana plants. It is applied to the soil around plants (7).
Care should be taken not to contaminate edible parts of the plant (1). It is used in the form of granules, sprays and dusts, or mixed with bran as a bait (8). It works primarily in the stomach by producing toxic effects after it is ingested by the pest (7). Metaldehyde is available in pelleted baits (14).
Quick Detail:
Product name: Metaldehyde 10%GR
Pesticide category: Molluscacide
CAS NO.:108-62-3
MF: C8H16O4
EINECS No.: 203-600-2
Purity: 10%GR
Appearance (TC):White crystal
Appearance (10%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 |
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)
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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. |
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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Formulation Specification |
Product name: metaldehyde 10%GR |
Items |
Standard |
Appearance |
Red granule |
Content of Metaldehyde, % |
≥10 |
Fineness (through 2mm-8mm test sieve), % |
≥98 |
pH |
7-11 |
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