AMMONIUM CHLORIDE

PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION
CAS NO. 12125-02-9

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE 
EINECS NO. 235-186-4
FORMULA NH4Cl
MOL WT. 53.49

HS CODE

 2827.10.0000
TOXICITY Oral rat LD50 : 1650 mg/kg
SYNONYMS Ammoniac; Ammonium Muriate; Sal ammoniac;
Amchlor; Darammon; Salammonite; Salammoniac; Ammoniumchloridefume; Ammoniumchlorid (German); Chlorammonic (French; Chlorid Ammonia (Czech);Chlorid Amonny; Chlorid Amonny (Czech); Cloruro De Amonio; Gen-diur (Spainish); Muriate of Ammonia; Ammonium chloride; Other RN: 15630-61-2, 20548-08-7,,50295-88-0, 55871-05-1, 75944-36-4, 89485-85-8, 89485-84-7, 127634-24-6, 128532-42-3, 154383-48-9, 867060-75-1
SMILES [NH4+].[ClH-]

CLASSIFICATION

 

EXTRA NOTES

 An acidifying agent that has expectorant and diuretic effects. Also used in etching and batteries and as a flux in electroplating.
The main application of ammonium chloride is as a nitrogen source in fertilizers 

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL STATE Odourless, Colorless To White, Hygroscopic Solid
MELTING POINT

328 C
BOILING POINT 520 C (sublimes)
SPECIFIC GRAVITY 1.53
SOLUBILITY 28.3 g/100 ml at 25 C
pH 5.0 (10% sol at 25C)
VAPOR DENSITY 1.9

AUTOIGNITION

 

NFPA RATINGS

 Health: 21; Flammability: 0; Reactivity: 0

REFRACTIVE INDEX

  
FLASH POINT Not considered to be a fire hazard
STABILITY Stable under ordinary conditions

EXTERNAL LINKS & GENERAL DESCRIPTION

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KEGG (Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes) -  Ammonium chloride

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http://www.chem.unep.ch/
The production volume of ammonium chloride in Japan was 85,600 tonnes in 2001. In Europe, the same range of production volume as in Japan is estimated and in the U.S., a production of 10,000 - 50,000 tonnes per year is estimated. This substance is mainly used (approximately 70%) as a fertilizer for water paddies in Japan. This substance is also used as an electrolyte for dry cell batteries, a flux agent for coating sheet iron with zinc, a tinning agent, a food additive, therapeutic drug and so on. In the U.S., this substance is mainly used as feed additive to prevent the formation of calculi for cattle.

Local:
APPLICATION: Electrolyte in dry cells; pickling agent in zinc coating and tinning; Soldering fluxes to remove oxide coatings from metals, Improving the adhesion of the solders.
SALES SPECIFICATION

APPEARANCE

White Solid

ASSAY
98.0% min

MOISTURE

1.0% max

IRON

50ppm max

SULPHATES

0.1% max

pH

4.5 - 5.2

WATER INSOLUBLES

0.1% max
TRANSPORTATION
PACKING

25kgs, 50kgs in bag
HAZARD CLASS 9 (Packing Group:III)
UN NO. 3077
SAFETY INFORMATION

HAZARD OVERVIEW

OSHA Hazards:Harmful by ingestion., Irritant

GHS

 
SIGNAL WORD

Warning

PICTOGRAMS

HAZARD STATEMENTS

H302-H319

P STATEMENTS

P305+P351+P338
EC DIRECTIVES

 
HAZARD CODES

RISK PHRASES

22-36

SAFETY PHRASES

22

PRICE INFORMATION