Glufosinate-ammonium 95%Min. Tech.

Basic information

Common name: Glufosinate ammonium

Chemical name: ammonium (±)-2-amino-4-(hydroxymethylphosphinyl)butanoate

CAS No.: [77182-82-2]

Molecular formula: C₅H₁₅N₂O₄P

Molecular weight: 198.2

Melting point: 215 °C

Solubility: In water >500 g/l (pH 5-9, 20 °C). In acetone 0.16, ethanol 0.65, ethyl acetate 0.14, toluene 0.14, hexane 0.2 (all in g/l, 20 °C).

Vapour pressure: <3.1 × 10-2 mPa (50 °C)

Storage stability: Stable to light and to hydrolysis at pH 5, 7 and 9.

Specification:

Product information

Weeds: Annual and perennial broad-leaved weeds

Mode of action: Non-selective contact herbicide with some systemic action. Translocation occurs only within leaves, predominantly from the leaf base to the leaf tip.

Usage: Glufosinate-ammonium is used for control of a wide range of annual and perennial broad-leaved weeds and grasses in fruit orchards, vineyards, rubber and oil palm plantations, ornamental trees and bushes, non-crop land, and pre-emergence in vegetables. Also used as a desiccant in potatoes, sunflowers, etc. For control of annual and perennial weeds and grasses in glufosinate-tolerant crops (oilseed rape, maize, soya beans, sugar beet) developed through gene technology.

Formulation: Glufosinate-ammonium 200g/L SL

Shipping information of Glufosinate-ammonium Technical:

Class 9; UN3077; PG III

Packing: 25kg/drum