Dicyandiamide

CAS	461-58-5
Structure
IUPAC Name	2-cyanoguanidine
Molecular Weight	84.08
Molecular Formula	C2H4N4
Canonical SMILES	NC(=N)NC#N
InChI	1S/C2H4N4/c3-1-6-2(4)5/h(H4,4,5,6)
InChI Key	QGBSISYHAICWAH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Melting Point	208-211 °C (lit.)
Purity	99.5%, electronic grade 99.7%
Density	1.400 @ 25 °C/4 °C;1.4 g/cm³
Solubility	0.49 M;SOLUBILITY IN H₂O @ 13 °C: 2.26%; MORE SOL IN HOT H₂O; SOLUBILITY IN ABS ETHANOL @ 13 °C: 1.26%, IN ETHER @ 13 °C: 0.01%; SOL IN LIQUID AMMONIA, INSOL IN BENZENE & CHLOROFORM;Solubility in water, g/100ml at 25 °C: 4.13
Appearance	White crystal
Application	Dicyandiamide is used in the production of special resins, flame retardants, guanidine salts, etc., used as fillers in artificial leather, and used as a curing agent on adhesives. The printing and dyeing industry use dicyandiamide to manufacture fixing agents. The leather industry use it to make leather retanning agents. Water treatment industry use it to make decolorant or flocculant. It can be used in electroplating and manufacturing steel surface hardener. It can also be used as fertilizer nitrification inhibitor in agriculture. Electronic grade dicyandiamide is mainly used for epoxy resin curing agents in the manufacture of copper clad laminates for the electronic information industry, inner coating films for food and beverage metal packaging, high-grade non-toxic flame retardants, additives for food plastics, special pharmaceutical intermediates.
Storage	Store in a cool, dry, well-ventilated warehouse.
Stability	STABLE WHEN DRY

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