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Sodium azide

Name: Sodium azide
Brand: MM

extra pure, Technipur^®

Synonym(s):

Sodium azide, Hydrazoic azid sodium salt

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):

N₃Na

CAS Number:

26628-22-8

Molecular Weight:

65.01

UNSPSC Code:

12352302

EC Index Number:

247-852-1

NACRES:

NA.21

MDL number:

MFCD00003536

Solubility:

420 g/L

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Properties

vapor pressure

0.01 hPa ( 20 °C)

Quality Level

200

potency

27 mg/kg LD₅₀, oral (Rat)

bp

300 °C/1013 hPa (rigorous decomposition)

mp

275 °C (decomposition)

solubility

420 g/L

density

1.85 g/cm³ at 20 °C

storage temp.

15-25°C

SMILES string

[Na+].[N+](=[N-])=[N-]

InChI

1S/N3.Na/c1-3-2;/q-1;+1

InChI key

PXIPVTKHYLBLMZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

Sodium azide (NaN₃) is an inorganic azide. It is widely used as an active ingredient in automobile airbag inflators. It is also used in detonators and explosives.

Application

Sodium azide can be used as:

A component of a preservative named azidiol (a mixture of chloramphenicol and NaN₃), which is used in preserving raw milk in the dairy industry.
A biocide to prevent deterioration of cane juice in sugar industries.

Legal Information

Technipur is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Disclaimer

The product is not intended for use as a biocide under global biocide regulations, including but not limited to US EPA′s Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, European Biocidal Products Regulation, Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency, Turkey’s Biocidal Products Regulation, Korea’s Consumer Chemical Products and Biocide Safety Management Act (K-BPR) and others.

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pictograms

GHS06,GHS08,GHS09

signalword

Danger

pcodes

P262 - P264 - P273 - P280 - P302 + P352 + P310 - P304 + P340 + P310

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 1 Dermal - Acute Tox. 2 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 2 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - STOT RE 2 Oral

target_organs

Brain

supp_hazards

EUH032

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

hcodes

H300 + H310 + H330,H373,H410

Storage Class

6.1A - Combustible acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials

Regulatory Information

监管及禁止进口产品

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Global Trade Item Number

SKU	GTIN
1066881000	04022536081182
1066889010	04022536512013
1066880250	04022536081175