Carbaryl is a wide-spectrum carbamate insecticide which controls over 100 species of insects on citrus, fruit, cotton, forests, lawns, nuts, ornamentals, shade trees, and other crops, as well as on poultry, livestock, and pets. It is also used as a molluscicide and an acaricide. Carbaryl works whether it is ingested into the stomach of the pest or absorbed through direct contact. It is available as bait, dusts, wettable powders, granules, dispersions and suspensions.
PHYSICAL DATA:
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: White crystalline solid, essentially odorless
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: 1.23 @ 20℃
MELTING POINT: 142 ℃
SOLUBILITY: Water: 40 mg/L @ 30 ℃. Soluble in most organic solvents.
OTHER PHYSICAL DATA: Vapor pressure: <0.005 mmHg @ 26 ℃. Vapor pressure: 0.002 mmHg @ 40 ℃. Melting Point: 145 ℃
VOLATILITY: Vapor Pressure: 0.002 mmHg @ 40 ℃
Flammability: Noncombustible solid, but may be dissolved in flammable liquids .
REACTIVITY: Incompatible or reacts with strong oxidizers such as chlorates, bromates, and nitrates .
STABILITY: When heated to decomposition it emits toxic fumes of NOx .
COMMENTS: Noncorrosive; hydrolyzes rapidly in alkaline solutions .