Detailed Product Description
White powder Atrazine Herbicide , Agricultural Weed Herbicide Products
Description:
Atrazine is a selective triazine herbicide and non-selective herbicide on non-cropped industrial land
s. As selective triazine herbicideused, is used to control broadleaf and grassy weeds in corn, sorgh
um, sugarcane, pineapple, Christmas trees and other crops, and in conifer reforestation plantings.
As a non-selective herbicide on non-cropped industrial lands and on fallow lands. It is available as
dry flowable, flowable liquid, liquid, water dispersible granular, and wettable powder formulations.
Quick Detail:
Product name: Atrazine 50%SC
Pesticide category: Herbicide
CAS NO.: 1912-24-9
MF: C8H14ClN5
Purity:Atrazine 50%SC
Appearance (TC): White powder
Appearance (50%SC): Milk White Flow Light
Brand name: Greenriver/ as per customers request.
Applications:
Control of most germinating annual grasses and broad-leaved weeds in pome fruit, stone fruit, bus
h and cane fruit, citrus fruit, vines, strawberries, nuts, olives, pineapples, field beans, french beans,
peas, maize, sweet corn, asparagus, hops, alfalfa, lupins, oilseed rape, artichokes, sugar cane, coc
oa, coffee, rubber, oil palms, tea, turf and ornamentals. Applied at rates up to 1.5 kg/ha within the E
U, and up to 2-3 kg/ha in perennial crops in the tropics and subtropics.
Specifications:
Active ingredient |
Common name |
atrazine |
Chemical name |
6-chloro-N-ethyl-N'-(1-methylethyl)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine |
Pesticide category |
Herbicide |
CAS No |
1912-24-9 |
Molecular Formula |
C8H14ClN5 |
Structural Formula
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Properties |
Form Colourless powder.
M.p. 175.8 °C
B.p. 205.0 °C/101 kPa
V.p. 3.85 ?10-2 mPa (25 °C) (OECD 104)
KOW logP = 2.5 (25 °C)
Henry 1.5 ?10-4 Pa m3 mol-1 (calc.)
S.g./density 1.23 (22 °C)
Solubility In water 33 mg/l (pH 7, 22 °C). In ethyl acetate 24, acetone 31, dichloromethane 28, ethanol 15, toluene 4.0, n-hexane 0.11, n-octanol 8.7 (all in g/l, 25 °C).
Stability Relatively stable in neutral, weakly acidic and weakly alkaline media. Rapidly hydrolysed to the hydroxy derivative in strong acids and alkalis, and at 70 °C in neutral media; DT50 (pH 1) 9.5, (pH 5) 86, (pH 13) 5.0 d.
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Mode of Action |
Selective systemic herbicide, absorbed principally through the roots, but also through the foliage, with translocation acropetally in the xylem and accumulation in the apical meristems and leaves. |
Toxicity
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Oral Acute oral LD50 for rats 1869-3090 mg tech./kg, mice >1332-3992 mg/kg.
Skin and eye Acute percutaneous LD50 for rats >3100 mg/kg. Mild skin irritant; non-irritating to eyes (rabbits). Skin sensitiser in guinea pigs, but not in humans.
Inhalation LC50 (4 h) for rats >5.8 mg/l air.
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Formulation Specification |
Product name: Atrazine 50%SC |
Items |
Standard |
Appearance |
Homogeneous liquid |
Content of a.i. |
≥50% |
Suspensibility |
≥80% |
pH |
8.0-11.0 |
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