Deltamethrin 5%EC

  • Description
The active ingredient deltamethrin (NRDC 161 and RU 22974) is found in a variety of commercial insecticide products. Trade names for products containing deltamethrin include Butoflin, Butoss, Butox, Cislin, Crackdown, Cresus, Decis, Decis-Prime, K-Othrin, and K-Otek (1, 83, 86, 61, 20).Deltamethrin 5%EC
   
Deltamethrin content:  Deltamethrin 50 g/kg
Class : Synthetic Pyrethroid
CAS Number:  52918-63-5
Empirical formula : C22H19Br2NO3
Chemical Name: (S)-α-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl (1R,3R)-3-(2,2-dibromovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane carboxylate
Structural Formula    :
Molecular Weight: 505.2
Description
It shall be in the form of a stable homogeneous liquid, free from visible suspended matter and sediment, to be applied as an emulsion after dilution in water.
  PH Range
The pH of an aqueous dispersion shall be 4.5 to 7.5
  Persistent foam
Maximum: 50 ml after 1 min.
  Emulsion stability and re-emulsification  
The formulation, when diluted at 30 ± 2°C with CIPAC Standard Waters A and D, shall comply with the following:
  Persistent foam   
Maximum: 50 ml after 1 min.
  Storage stability
 
 
Stability at 0 °C
After storage at 0 ± 2°C for 7 days, the volume of solid and/or liquid which separates shall not be more than 0.3 ml.
  Stability at elevated temperature
After storage at 54 ± 2°C for 14 days, the determined average active ingredient content must not be lower than 95% relative to the determined average content found before storage and the formulation shall continue to comply with the clauses for pH range and emulsion stability and re-emulsification.
 
 
  Time after dilution
 
Limits of stability
0 h
:
Initial emulsification complete
0.5 h
:
Cream: none
2.0 h
:
"Cream", maximum: 1 ml
"Free oil": none
24 h
:
Re-emulsification complete
24.5 h
Note: tests at 24 h are required only where the results at 2 h are in doubt.
:
"Cream": none
"Free oil": none