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Guanidine nitrate

98%

Synonym(s):

Guanidinium nitrate

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Linear Formula:
NH2C(=NH)NH2 · HNO3
CAS Number:
506-93-4
Molecular Weight:
122.08
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
24854032
EC Number:
208-060-1
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3596600
MDL number:
MFCD00013028
Assay:
98%
Form:
solid

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Product Name

Guanidine nitrate, 98%

InChI key

CNUNWZZSUJPAHX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/CH5N3.HNO3/c2*2-1(3)4/h(H5,2,3,4);(H,2,3,4)

SMILES string

NC(N)=N.O[N+]([O-])=O

assay

98%

form

solid

mp

213-215 °C (lit.)

solubility

water: soluble 50 mg/mL, clear to very slightly hazy, colorless

functional group

amine
nitrate

Quality Level

200

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Application

Guanidine nitrate has been used:
  • in ammonium nitrate explosive formulations and in various propellant applications including triple-base gun propellants
  • to examine the vapor signatures of the nitrate salts of guanidine by isothermal thermogravimetric method

General description

Guanidine nitrate (GN) is an explosive used by the military and commercial sectors. Decomposition of guanidine nitrate has been investigated.

pictograms

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GHS03,GHS07

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 3 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Ox. Sol. 3

Storage Class

5.1B - Oxidizing hazardous materials

wgk

WGK 1

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type P3 (EN 143) respirator cartridges

Regulatory Information

危险化学品
易制爆化学品
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Decompositions of urea and guanidine nitrates.
Oxley JC, et al.
Journal of Energetic Materials, 27(1), 17-39 (2008)
Yunfei Zhou et al.
Environmental science and pollution research international, 26(10), 9861-9875 (2019-02-09)
Montmorillonite grafted polyacrylic acid composite (GNM) was prepared by using ultraviolet radiation grafting method in this work. The synthesized materials were characterized by XRF, SEM, FTIR, XRD, TG, and XPS. The experimental equilibrium data indicates that the adsorbent is suitable
Determination of urea nitrate and guanidine nitrate vapor pressures by isothermal thermogravimetry.
Oxley J, et al.
Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 35(3), 278-283 (2010)
Yeon-Mi Lim et al.
Toxics, 8(3) (2020-09-26)
The toxicity profiles of the widely used guanidine-based chemicals have not been fully elucidated. Herein, we evaluated the in vitro and in vivo toxicity of eight guanidine-based chemicals, focusing on inhalation toxicity. Among the eight chemicals, dodecylguanidine hydrochloride (DGH) was

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