Typical uses :
- Corrosion inhibitor: Used in industrial boilers, nuclear power plants, and thermal power plants
- Lime scale and heavy metal scavenger: Used in water treatment
- Oxygen scavenger: Used in ultra high pressure industrial sites
- Blowing agent: Used for polymer foams
- Precursor to pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals: Used in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries
- Propellant for in-space spacecraft propulsion: Used as a long-term storable propellant
- Reducing agent: Used to reduce exfoliated graphene oxide (GO) for the preparation of GO nanocomposites
- Reagent: Used in the synthesis of 3-amino-2-thiohydantoins by reacting with alkyl isothiocynatocarboxylates
State | Clear liquid |
Density | 1.028 g/cm³ |
Boiling point | 117°C |
Melting point | -57°C |
Flash point | 96°C |
pH | 10–11 |
Vapor pressure | 13 hPa at 20°C |
Autoignition temperature | 310°C |
Explosion limit | 4.7–99% (v/v) |
Storage temperature | 15–25°C |
Pharmaceutical application :