SPECIFICATION OF METAM SODIUM 500 SL

PRODUCT NAME : Metam Sodium

a) Name of Manufacturer Company : Shenzhen Longshine Chemical Co Ltd, 2302, Wenshengzhongxin, Wenjin Guangchang, Wenjin Road, Luohu, Shenzhen,.……………………………..

b) The Company requesting registration:

FORMULATION TYPE : Soluble Concentrate (SL)

Appearence                : Amber to yellowish color

ACTIVE INGREDIENT

a) Chemical Name     :  Sodium methylcarbamodithioate

b) Common Name     : Metam sodium

c) Chemical Formula : C2H4NNaS2

d) Structural Formula :

e) Molecular Weight : 129.2

FORMULATION CONTENT

a)  Active Material      : 500 g/L Metam sodium

     Purity               : 77 %

b) Inert Materials        : Rest of content is water

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

pH                          : 8-10 ( Metrohm pH meter)

Specific Gravity / Density: 1.215 ± 0.05 g/ ml (at 20 °C)

Flash Point                : > 66 °C (Abel – Pensky closed container)  

Solution Stability         :  Stable for 1 hour in a solution with 5% (w/w) product that is prepared at 15°C with 342ppm standard hard water 34.2 ppm standard soft water (Method: WHO)

Cold Stability             : Complies with WHO specification

Heat Stability             : Complies with WHO specification

Storage Stability             : No change will occur in physical,chemical and  biological properties of the product, other then the  ones with tolerable limits for at least 2 years under normal

                                            storage conditions (dry and cool).